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Abstract
Conditions or pathological processes associated with pregnancy. They can occur during or after pregnancy, and range from minor discomforts to serious diseases that require medical interventions. They include diseases in pregnant females, and pregnancies in females with diseases.
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- Cardiovascular Pregnancy Complications
- Chorea Gravidarum
- Ectopic Pregnancy
- Fetal Death
- Fetal Diseases
- Gestational Diabetes
- Hematologic Pregnancy Complications
- Infectious Pregnancy Complications
- Maternal Phenylketonuria
- Morning Sickness
- Neoplastic Pregnancy Complications
- Nuchal Cord
- Obstetric Labor Complications
- Oligohydramnios
- Pelvic Floor Disorders
- Pemphigoid Gestationis
- Perinatal Death
- Placenta Diseases
- Polyhydramnios
- Pregnancy in Diabetics
- Pregnancy in Obesity
- Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension
- Prenatal Injuries
- Prolonged Pregnancy
- Puerperal Disorders
- Spontaneous Abortion
- Threatened Abortion
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Synonyms
7 entry terms
- Complications, Pregnancy
- Complication, Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complication
- Adverse Birth Outcomes
- Adverse Birth Outcome
- Birth Outcome, Adverse
- Outcome, Adverse Birth
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32 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with specific disease; / surg: consider also OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pregnancy Complications. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011248. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011248
- Pregnancy Complications. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complications_of_pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2916477