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Chapter 23 - Breathlessness in Pregnancy

from Section 5 - Medical and Surgical Emergencies During Pregnancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2021

By
Amanda Ali  and
Hassan Shehata
Edited by
Edwin Chandraharan  and
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Edwin Chandraharan
Affiliation:
St George's University of London
Sir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran
Affiliation:
St George's University of London
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Obstetric and Intrapartum Emergencies
A Practical Guide to Management
 , pp. 164 - 167
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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Hunt, BJ, Parmar, K, Horspool, K, Shephard, N Nelson-Piercy, C, Goodacre, S. The DiPEP (Diagnosis of PE in Pregnancy) biomarker study: an observational cohort study augmented with additional cases to determine the diagnostic utility of biomarkers for suspected venous thromboembolism during pregnancy and puerperium. Br J Haematol. 2018;180(5):694–704. DOI: 10.1111/bjh.15102.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
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Nelson-Piercy, C. Handbook of Obstetric Medicine, 5th ed. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2015.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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