Complications of Pregnancy

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• Overview of High-Risk Pregnancy

• Maternal Mortality and Perinatal Mortality
  • Maternal mortality
  • Perinatal mortality

• Risk Factors for Pregnancy Complications
  • Physical Characteristics
    • Age
    • Weight
    • Reproductive organ abnormalities
  • Problems in a Previous Pregnancy
  • Disorders Present Before Pregnancy
  • Disorders During Pregnancy
  • Multiple Gestation
  • Exposures During Pregnancy
    • Mercury in seafood
  • More Information

• Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
  • Prevention

• Problems With Amniotic Fluid
  • Too much amniotic fluid
  • Too little amniotic fluid
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Preeclampsia and Eclampsia
  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • Preeclampsia that does not cause severe symptoms
    • Severe preeclampsia and eclampsia
    • After delivery

• Placenta Previa
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Vasa Previa
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Placental Abruption (Abruptio Placentae)
  • Risk factors
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Cervical Insufficiency
  • Causes
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Prelabor Rupture of Membranes (PROM)
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment
    • If labor needs to be delayed

• Preterm Labor
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Stillbirth
  • Causes
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Hyperemesis Gravidarum
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment

• Polymorphic Eruption of Pregnancy

• Pemphigoid Gestationis
  • Symptoms
  • Diagnosis
  • Treatment