Credй method
- 1. method of expressing the placenta by forcing the uterus down into the pelvis and at the same time squeezing the uterus from all sides so that its contents are expelled. 2. a similar method for expressing urine from the bladder, especially in paralytic bladder. Defs. 1 and 2 called also Credй maneuver. 3. the placing of a drop of 2 per cent solution of silver nitrate in each eye of a newborn child for the prevention of ophthalmia neonatorum.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
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Credй method (maneuver) — Cre·dй method (maneuver) (krə daґ) [Karl Sigmund Franz Credй, German gynecologist, 1819–1892] see under method … Medical dictionary
Credй maneuver — see under method … Medical dictionary
