Trauma in pregnancy: A systematic approach

American Journal of Perinatology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 579-586

  Mirza, Fadi G ^a   Devine, Patricia C ^a   Gaddipati, Sreedhar ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

blunt trauma; pelvic fractures; pregnancy; Trauma; uterine rupture

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL BLUNT TRAUMA; ASSAULT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FALLING; FETAL WELL BEING; FETUS HEART RATE; FETUS MONITORING; GUNSHOT INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; PELVIS FRACTURE; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTERUS CONTRACTION; ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ELECTRIC INJURY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; FRACTURES, BONE; INJURIES; LAPAROTOMY; PELVIC GIRDLE; PERITONEUM LAVAGE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; UTERINE RUPTURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

ABDOMINAL INJURIES; ABRUPTIO PLACENTAE; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FEMALE; FETAL MONITORING; FRACTURES, BONE; HEART RATE, FETAL; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; PELVIC BONES; PERITONEAL LAVAGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL; UTERINE RUPTURE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING;

EID: 77954882569     PISSN: 07351631     EISSN: 10988785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1249358     Document Type: Review

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