Baby on board: Trauma in pregnancy

[摘要] Approximately 4 million babies are born annually—11,000 births per day—in the U.S.* An estimated one in 12 pregnancies is complicated by trauma, most commonly motor vehicle crashes, followed by assaults, falls, and intimate partner violence. Of the traumatic injuries occurring during pregnancy, nine out of 10 are classified as “minor,” yet 60–70 percent of fetal loss after trauma results from “minor injuries.”†

[学科分类] 外科医学