| SYMPOSIUM - POLYTRAUMA MANAGEMENT |
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| Year : 2013 | Volume
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Polytrauma during pregnancy
Sarita Agrawal1, Vinita Singh1, Prashant Kumar Nayak1, Pushpawati Thakur1, Manju Agrawal2, Asha Jain1
1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, AIIMS, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
2 Department of Pharmacology, N S C B Medical College, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Sarita Agrawal
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, AIIMS, Raipur - 492 099, Chhattisgarh
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-7341.118754
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Trauma during pregnancy is an important cause of nonobstetrical cause of maternal mortality & morbidity. Apart from type of injury affecting the maternal & fetal outcome there are several life threatening complications unique to pregnancy like abruption placentae, uterine rupture, amniotic fluid embolism, & direct fetal trauma which needs immediate interventions. Maternal assessment & management during pregnancy needs special consideration to physiological changes during pregnancy as well as fetal surveillance to improve the maternal & fetal outcome. All pregnant trauma patient needs multi disciplinary approach involving obstetrician, neonatologist, obstetric anaesthetist & trauma surgeons. |
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