title: Vaginal bleeding associated with pregnancy.
abstract: Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy provokes physical and emotional stress to patients and physicians. Physicians must be prepared to assess the medical implications of acute blood loss to these patients and their unborn children quickly. When mother and fetus are stable, the recognition and treatment of the underlying cause is essential to decreasing additional maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality associated with the bleeding episode.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Practice, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, 78229-3900, USA. alexanderjd@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: F D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Schneider
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010922:Placenta Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006473:Postpartum Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D014591:Uterine Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D014592:Uterine Hemorrhage / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy