title: Post-traumatic coma during pregnancy.
abstract: A pregnant woman suffered massive head injuries in an automobile accident at 6 weeks' gestation, but she successfully carried the fetus an additional 7 months. The patient remained comatose and required nasogastric feeding and skilled nursing care. The pregnancy was complicated by a persistent low-grade fever. Premature labor began at 34 weeks' gestation, and 24 hours after rapid vaginal delivery of a live 1640-g female, the mother suddenly died. The child is developing normally at 2 years.
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D003128:Coma / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy