Mitral stenosis in pregnancy: the nursing challenge.
Pregnancy in the patient with mitral stenosis may be complicated by pulmonary congestion/edema, atrial fibrillation, thromboembolic events, and intrauterine growth retardation. Combining both cardiac and obstetric principles with the bio/psycho/social focus of nursing is a challenge in the antepartum intrapartum and postpartum periods.
Kirkland
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D002302:Cardiac Output; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000451:nursing*
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents