Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy.
The treatment of vaginal bleeding during pregnancy may require little more than careful evaluation of the patient. Sometimes, however, the emergency physician must perform the highest resuscitative skills. In either case, the fears and concerns of the mother for herself and the fetus are considerable. This article describes, in four broad categories, how to diagnose and treat bleeding in pregnancy.
Turner
L M
LM
Division of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage