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Pregnancy Complications

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Definition: 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.  coord IM with dis (IM); /surg: consider also OBSTETRIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; do not use for heterotopic pregn: see note at PREGNANCY, ECTOPIC; check tags FEMALE & PREGNANCY; Manual 18.4.7; DF: PREGN COMPL   
See Also Pregnancy, Prolonged
Examples Abortion, Spontaneous; Chorea Gravidarum; Diabetes, Gestational; Fetal Death; Fetal Diseases; Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced; Morning Sickness; Nuchal Cord; Obstetric Labor Complications; Oligohydramnios; Pelvic Floor Disorders; Pemphigoid Gestationis; Phenylketonuria, Maternal; Placenta Diseases; Polyhydramnios; Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; Pregnancy Complications, Infectious; Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; Pregnancy in Diabetics; Pregnancy, Ectopic; Pregnancy, Prolonged; Prenatal Injuries; Puerperal Disorders 		Other names Pregnancy Complication; Complication, Pregnancy; Complications, Pregnancy
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Acute fatty liver of pregnancy  0   *Fatty Liver *Pregnancy Complications.
Cholestasis, intrahepatic of pregnancy  0   *Cholestasis, Intrahepatic *Pregnancy Complications.
Pruritic urticarial papules plaques of pregnancy  0   *Pregnancy Complications *Pruritus.

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