Abdominal pain and dysuria in pregnancy: Urinary tract infection of life threatening haemorrhage?

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 918-919

  Lamyman, Mike J ^a,b   Connor, H ^a   Brown, R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DYSURIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LAPAROTOMY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PLACENTA ACCRETA; PREGNANCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 28844492048     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2004.017905     Document Type: Article

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