A major burn in early pregnancy with maternal survival and pregnancy progressing to term.
A case is presented of a 65% burn occurring in early pregnancy with maternal survival and a pregnancy progressing to term. This would appear to be only the third such case recorded in the literature. Maternal and foetal prognosis are discussed and the guidelines proposed by Stage (1973) for the management of pregnancy complicated by a major burn are restated.
D000293:Adolescent; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second