Concealed Accidental Haemorrhage of Pregnancy

Combined anterior pituitary necrosis and bilateral cortical necrosis of the kidneys, following concealed accidental haemorrhage.

Mrs. E. C., aged 31, 2-para; was admitted to this hospital on August 27th, 1945, complaining of severe constant abdominal pain of 5 hours duration. Her past and family history were not significant. In 1937 she had had a full time normal delivery. In 1941 she had had a 7-months’ premature stillbirth, attributed to the cord being round the child’s neck. History of wesent pregnancy. Last normal me...

Intracranial haemorrhage and non-accidental injury.

Spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage in childhood is very rare and unlikely to be confused with traumatic haemorrhage. In children with spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage one third will be shown to have a ruptured aneurysm, one third will have an arteriovenous malformation, and the remainder will have no demonstrable lesion. Three large series reporting on over 10 000 patients with subarachno...

Concealed pregnancy: a concept analysis.

AIM/DESIGN A concept analysis of concealed pregnancy was undertaken using Walker and Avant's framework to examine the attributes, characteristics and uses of the concept in maternity care. BACKGROUND Understanding the concept of concealed pregnancy is critical as failing to do so adds the risk of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality. Reviewing the literature and selected empirical re...

Concealed haemorrhage in patients nursed on an air fluidised bed.

Subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in pregnancy

Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) associated with aneurysm have rarely been reported in the literature. The present study reports the case of a 21-year-old pregnant female patient who presented with a subarachnoid hemorrhage and an intracranial hematoma located in the anterior end of the corpus callosum. Furthermore, an anterior cerebral aneurysm and an AVM were identified by digital subtracti...