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Pregnancy represents a unique alteration in physiology that usually ends without complications. The concept of “at risk pregnancy” is related to a pregnancy in which there is a risk of an adverse outcome in the mother and/or in the fetus that is greater than the incidence of that outcome in the general population. Once a risk factor known to be associated with an increased risk of a specific adverse outcome is identified, then professionals involved in pregnancy care may modify the routine antenatal care, providing to anticipate, minimise, prevent or treat that adverse outcome [1].
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Di Renzo, G.C., Iammarino, G., Donati, L. (1999). Uncommon Diseases in Pregnancy. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2145-7_31
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