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. 1992;3(3):491-7.

Neurologic emergencies in pregnancy

  • PMID: 1389804

Neurologic emergencies in pregnancy

D A Austin. NAACOGS Clin Issu Perinat Womens Health Nurs. 1992.

Abstract

Neurologic emergencies during pregnancy are not encountered often but contribute significantly to maternal mortality. This chapter reviews neurologic emergencies with an emphasis on pathophysiology and related nursing care for patients with epilepsy, status epilepticus, eclampsia, intracranial hemorrhage, increased intracranial pressure, ischemic stroke, myasthenia gravis, autonomic hyperreflexia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, and chorea gravidarum.

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