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Article: Avoid mistakes treating abdominal trauma in pregnancy.(Obstetrics)
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- OB GYN News
- Article date:
- February 15, 2005
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CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO -- Abdominal trauma during pregnancy endangers the woman and her fetus, but avoiding some common clinical errors in managing such patients can reduce these risks, according to John A. Marx, M.D.
Abdominal trauma during pregnancy is "a huge concern and underrated," said Dr. Marx, chairman of emergency medicine at Carolinas Medical Center, Charlotte, N.C.
Abdominal trauma occurs in 1%-12% of all pregnancies and leads to hospitalization in 0.4% of such cases, he said at a conference on obstetrics, gynecology, perinatal medicine, neonatology, and the law.
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