TY - JOUR T1 - Acute presentation of the pregnant patient JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 372 LP - 376 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-4-372 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Francesca Neuberger AU - Catherine Nelson-Piercy Y1 - 2015/08/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/4/372.abstract N2 - Three-quarters of maternal deaths are in women with coexisting medical complications. It can be challenging to differentiate symptoms of normal pregnancy from pathological symptomatology, and physicians need to be mindful of special considerations in assessing and managing acute medical problems in pregnancy. This article focuses on women presenting with shortness of breath, chest pain and palpitations. ER -