In this study they collected a blood sample from women at 15-22 weeks of pregnancy, where they centrifuged the blood sample, and therefore separated the serum to diagnose a premature placenta abruption and also helped discover Down Syndrome and neural tube defects in the pregnancy. The researched data they had was taken from medical records and blood clot behind placenta. They also researched lifestyle characteristics from the maternal women and took in information from labor and delivery and infant outcome. Some lifestyles characteristics of the women studied was race/ethnicity, smoking during pregnancy, Medicaid payment status, hypertension, preeclampsia, birth weight, and maternal mass
In this study they collected a blood sample from women at 15-22 weeks of pregnancy, where they centrifuged the blood sample, and therefore separated the serum to diagnose a premature placenta abruption and also helped discover Down Syndrome and neural tube defects in the pregnancy. The researched data they had was taken from medical records and blood clot behind placenta. They also researched lifestyle characteristics from the maternal women and took in information from labor and delivery and infant outcome. Some lifestyles characteristics of the women studied was race/ethnicity, smoking during pregnancy, Medicaid payment status, hypertension, preeclampsia, birth weight, and maternal mass