brow presentation

Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Legal, Encyclopedia.

Related to brow presentation: compound presentation, face presentation

Translations

brow pre·sen·ta·tion

n. [delivery] presentación frontal del feto.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

References in periodicals archive ?

The prevalence of face and brow presentation has been reported as 0.14% to 0.54% in deliveries (8).

Lip and Face Edema Due to Face Presentation

Breech presentation is the commonest 811 (73.79%), transverse lie with shoulder presentation are 170 (15.47%), face presentation are 64 (5.82%), compound presentations are 23 (2.09%), cord presentations are 20 (1.82%) and brow presentation are 11 (1.00%).

MALPRESENTATION--INCIDENCE AND CAUSES

Several years ago I prosecuted an obstetric malpractice action involving the use of a vacuum extractor on a full-term baby with a persisting brow presentation. Four plaintiff attorneys who reviewed the case before me sought unsuccessfully to establish that the fetal heart tracings demonstrated fetal distress, which should have led the delivering physician to perform a cesarean section.