title: Acute presentation of the pregnant patient.
abstract: Three-quarters of maternal deaths are in women with coexisting medical complications. It can be challenging to differentiate symptoms of normal pregnancy from pathological symptomatology, and physicians need to be mindful of special considerations in assessing and managing acute medical problems in pregnancy. This article focuses on women presenting with shortness of breath, chest pain and palpitations.
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust, London, UK;
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Neuberger
authors.affiliation: Guy's and St Thomas' Foundation Trust and Imperial College Health Care Trust, London, UK catherine.nelson-piercy@gstt.nhs.uk.
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nelson-Piercy
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D015996:Survival Rate / Q000639:trends
keywords: Pregnancy; acute medicine; chest pain; palpitations; shortness of breath