VT

11:21 Nov 19, 2020
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French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / Obstetrics
French term or phrase: VT
Age gestationnel: 38s+5d
FICHE D'ADMISSION: 27 ans G3P2
VT: D2 cm, H2 cm, post, souple, présentation céphalique avec tête en -3.

Is anyone able to help with what "VT" means here please?

Thank you!
Melanie Cole
France
Local time: 09:50


Summary of answers provided
3VT = vertex–transverse
José Patrício


Discussion entries: 8





  

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1 day 18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
VT = vertex–transverse


Explanation:
vertex=position.
She underwent a cesarean section for transverse position at 32 weeks - https://books.google.pt/books?id=ScPvM03B3lUC&pg=PA992&lpg=P...
VT - vertex transverse:
Lying sideways
This baby is in a transverse lie — positioned horizontally across the uterus, rather than vertically - https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-Figure 4 The nine possible combinations for twins. V, vertex; B, breech; T, transverse - https://books.google.pt/books?id=9SGiQsVevlwC&pg=PA508&lpg=P...
The vertex position is the position your baby needs to be in for you to give birth vaginally - https://www.healthline.com/health/pregnancy/vertex-position#...
lifestyle/pregnancy-week-by-week/multimedia/fetal-positions/sls-20076615?s=6
Cephalic twin 1. Illustration of different presentation types for each group VV = vertex–vertex; VB = vertex–breech; VT = vertex–transverse. -
vertex presentations: right, left, or transverse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cephalic_presentation
cephalic (vertex) position -
breech position or side-lying (transverse) position
in a persistent breech presentation. Transverse presentations
must be delivered by cesarean section as well. - http://www.portermedical.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Exte...
f your health care provider determines that your baby is in a transverse lie before labor starts - https://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/pregnancy-week-...



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Note added at 1 dia 18 horas (2020-11-21 06:06:12 GMT)
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Ce que je comprendns, en résume:
VT - vertex–transverse
Head down = vertex
sideways = transverse:
Head down, sideways (vertex, transverse) - https://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy/your-baby/twins-fetal-p...

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Note added at 3 dias 5 horas (2020-11-22 17:19:26 GMT)
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Larousse:
post
nom masculin

(mot anglais) - Préfixe, du latin post, après, exprimant la postérité dans l'espace ou https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/post/10910858

However, after that, if your baby is breech or transverse, you will want to start encouraging them to turn into a head-down position. - https://www.thevbaclink.com/transverse-baby/

42 vertex-transverse twin gestations were managed at Yale-New Haven Medical Center during a 5-year period - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/6691365/
Vertex computerized tomography (CT)

José Patrício
Portugal
Local time: 08:50
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 20

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Althea Draper: According to the notes, the baby has a cephalic presentation (head down) and there's no mention of this relating to twins.
1 day 5 hrs
  -> peut de contexte. Peut se référer aux modalités: vertex-transverse:In case of twins, if - https://parenting.firstcry.com/articles/transverse-lie-a-bab...
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