RT Book, Section
A1 Yeomans, Edward R.
A1 Hoffman, Barbara L.
A1 Gilstrap III, Larry C.
A1 Cunningham, F. Gary
SR Print(0)
ID 1138214077
T1 Trauma in Pregnancy
T2 Cunningham and Gilstrap's Operative Obstetrics, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071849067
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1138214077
RD 2024/04/18
AB Trauma  is  one  of  the  most  common  reasons  for  emergency  room  visits  during  pregnancy.  The  exact  incidence  is  unknown,  although  trauma  is  estimated  to  complicate  approximately  1  in  12  pregnancies  (Hill,  2008).  Trauma  is  also  the  leading  nonobstetric  cause  of  maternal  death.  In  some  reports,  it  accounts  for  up  to  20  percent  of  all  maternal  mortalities  (Fildes,  1992;  Kuhlmann,  1994).  As  perspective,  this  represents  a  larger  proportion  than  the  combined  mortality  rates  of  several  well-known  obstetric  causes.  Of  specific  events,  Figure  17-1  shows  the  estimated  incidences  for  several  types  of  trauma  suffered  by  gravidas  compared  with  nonpregnant  women.