A case of maternal pelvic trauma following a road traffic accident, associated with fetal intracranial haemorrhage

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-117

  Matthews, Geoffrey ^a,c   Hammersley, Beth ^b  

^a MODBURY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fetal intracranial haemorrhage; Pregnancy; Road traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DISEASE; HUMAN; PELVIS INJURY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACETABULUM; ADULT; CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030901935     PISSN: 13510622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.14.2.115     Document Type: Article

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