Complications of pregnancy are health problems that are related to, or arise during pregnancy. Complications that occur primarily during childbirth are...

This is a shortened version of the eleventh chapter of the ICD-9: Complications of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and the Puerperium. It covers ICD codes 630 to...

Abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by removal or expulsion of an embryo or fetus. An abortion that occurs without intervention is known as a miscarriage...

However, pregnancy complications can cause other more severe symptoms, such as those associated with anemia. Common signs and symptoms of pregnancy include:...

A complication in medicine, or medical complication, is an unfavorable result of a disease, health condition, or treatment. Complications may adversely...

Worldwide, pregnancy complications are the leading cause of death for women and girls 15 to 19 years old. The definition of teenage pregnancy includes those...

the death of a pregnant mother due to complications related to pregnancy, underlying conditions worsened by the pregnancy or management of these conditions...

Ectopic pregnancy is a complication of pregnancy in which the embryo attaches outside the uterus. Signs and symptoms classically include abdominal pain...

of established immunological tolerance in pregnancy. Endothelial dysfunction results in hypertension and many of the other symptoms and complications...

of all cases of choriocarcinoma. Molar pregnancies are relatively rare complications of pregnancy, occurring in approximately 1 in 1,000 pregnancies in...

chronic, high blood pressure are more likely to have certain complications during pregnancy than those with normal blood pressure. However, some women develop...

parturition and delivery, is the completion of pregnancy where one or more babies exits the internal environment of the mother via vaginal delivery or caesarean...

skin. Complications may include organ failure. Relatively common causes include sepsis, surgery, major trauma, cancer, and complications of pregnancy. Less...

Chronic hypertension in pregnancy can lead to increased complications for both the mother and fetus. Maternal complications include superimposed pre-eclampsia...

A multiple birth is the culmination of one multiple pregnancy, where in the mother gives birth to two or more babies. A term most applicable to vertebrate...

than 90% of these births occur to women living in developing countries. Complications of pregnancy and childbirth are the leading cause of mortality...

neonatal periods; Other conditions and complications of pregnancy; Pediatric and neonatal health issues. Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is observed...

heartbeat. Causes include genetics, alcohol, cocaine, certain toxins, complications of pregnancy, and certain infections. Coronary artery disease and high blood...

the cause is unknown. Causes may include pregnancy complications such as pre-eclampsia and birth complications, problems with the placenta or umbilical...

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health of women during pregnancy, childbirth, and the postpartum period. In most cases, maternal health encompasses the health care dimensions of family...

et al. (September 2016). "Prospective risk of stillbirth and neonatal complications in twin pregnancies: systematic review and meta-analysis". BMJ. 354:...

bleeding in the second half of pregnancy. The bleeding is bright red and tends not to be associated with pain. Complications may include placenta accreta...

Acute fatty liver of pregnancy is a rare life-threatening complication of pregnancy that occurs in the third trimester or the immediate period after delivery...

Eclampsia is the onset of seizures (convulsions) in a woman with pre-eclampsia. Pre-eclampsia is a hypertensive disorder of pregnancy that presents with three...

obese increases the odds ratio to 2.0. Obesity is related to many complications in pregnancy including: haemorrhage, infection, increased hospital stays for...

million near-misses (survival from severe life-threatening complications). Complications of pregnancy may be physical, mental, economic and social. It is estimated...

complications. Pregnancy symptoms may be categorized based on trimester as well as region of the body affected. Many of the early signs of pregnancy will...

around 25 weeks of pregnancy. Symptoms may include vaginal bleeding, lower abdominal pain, and dangerously low blood pressure. Complications for the mother...

insertion) Other complications of pregnancy, pre-existing conditions, and concomitant disease, include: Previous (high risk) fetus HIV infection of the mother...