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From: "peptolab" 
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Sent: Friday, July 04, 2003 7:00 PM
Subject: Placentae


> Thank heaven no- I'm the histotech/PA and I might have to quit if that
were
> the case. We have a busy nursery with clinic patients and  get no more
than
> 5% of placentas- all twins, and some but not all  c-sections. Usually
there
> is  an irregularity (heart decels, prolonged rupture membranes, oligo- or
> polyhydramnios, low birth weight, meconium, abruptio, previa,
preeclampsia,
> maternal diabetes, no prenatal care, amnionitis) that the OB thought
> noteworthy. Sometimes get a stray NSVD (normal spontaneous vaginal
delivery)
> but not too often.
>
> Jeff Silverman
> Southside Hospital
> Bay Shore NY
>