RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Acute presentation of the pregnant patient
JF Clinical Medicine
JO Clin Med
FD Royal College of Physicians
SP 372
OP 376
DO 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-4-372
VO 15
IS 4
A1 Francesca Neuberger
A1 Catherine Nelson-Piercy
YR 2015
UL http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/4/372.abstract
AB 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.