Trauma during pregnancy

Abstract

Trauma in pregnancy presents a unique challenge, because of the anatomical and physiological changes of pregnancy, and the assessment and treatment of pregnant patients differ accordingly. In this review article, the focus is on familiarizing the anesthesiologists with physiological changes of pregnancy, their effect on response to trauma, resuscitation, and anesthetic management of trauma patient during pregnancy.

Keywords

• Obstetrics
• pregnancy
• prenatal injuries
• trauma care