Abstract
Throughout the mean 40-week duration of a pregnancy, woman’s life and that of her baby may be at stake. The threats to feto-maternal wellbeing may originate from the changes that pregnancy induces upon the maternal organism, may be facilitated by pre-existing maternal disease, or may be due to pathological processes of the fetoplacental unit. Whatever the reason, complications can be severe, at times developing rapidly.
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Zanconato, G., Fedele, L. (1999). Maternal complications. In: Salvo, I., Vidyasagar, D. (eds) Anaesthesia and Intensive Care in Neonates and Children. Topics in Anaesthesia and Critical Care. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2282-9_14
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