Assessment of the Pregnant Trauma Patient

Trauma injuries are often complex and have rapidly changing physiological events. When the patient is also pregnant, the nurse has to assess a patient with an understanding of the normal anatomic and physiologic changes because of the pregnancy. Following a trauma event the concern is not only for t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Dimensions of critical care nursing 1988-11, Vol.7 (6), p.356-362
Hauptverfasser: Bojanowski, Carol, Hill, Kathleen, Martin, Diane
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Trauma injuries are often complex and have rapidly changing physiological events. When the patient is also pregnant, the nurse has to assess a patient with an understanding of the normal anatomic and physiologic changes because of the pregnancy. Following a trauma event the concern is not only for the mother but for the viability of the unborn infant.
ISSN:0730-4625
1538-8646
DOI:10.1097/00003465-198811000-00006