Domestic violence in late pregnancy and splenic injury: delayed presentation

Abstract

Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2003; 82: 95–96. © Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 2003

Trauma in pregnancy

“…Women experiencing violence are more frequently hospitalized antenatally and were twice as likely to deliver by cesarean section [82]. Acutely life-threatening injuries reported in association with interpersonal violence in pregnancy include uterine rupture and splenic injury due to abdominal kicks and blows [81,82,84]. Fetal morbidity and mortality is largely determined by the degree of asphyxia, fetal distress, and prematurity following pre-term delivery.…”