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Case review: septic shock in the pregnant patient

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posted on 2004-07-01, 00:00 authored by B Sweetman, Julie ConsidineJulie Considine
This case study involves a 36-year-old female at 15 weeks gestation who presented with severe lower abdominal pain post amniocentesis and subsequently deteriorated into a state of septic shock whilst in the ED. The circumstances surrounding this patient's presentation and subsequent clinical course are presented. The assessment and management of septic shock is also described with specific consideration to this patient's pregnant state.

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Journal

Accident and emergency nursing

Volume

12

Issue

3

Pagination

141 - 148

Publisher

Churchill Livingstone

Location

Edinburgh, Scotland

ISSN

0965-2302

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

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