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Clinical Perinatal/Neonatal Case Presentation

Fetal Morbidity and Mortality Following Motor Vehicle Accident

Two Case Reports

Journal of Perinatology volume 19, pages 144–146 (1999)Cite this article

Abstract

OBJECTIVE:

To report two unusual cases of fetal morbidity and mortality following motor vehicle accident (MVA).

STUDY DESIGN:

The authors retrospectively reviewed two MVA episodes involving pregnant mothers that resulted in unusual mortality and morbidity to the fetus.

RESULTS:

Of the two infants, one died from complications related to disseminated intravascular coagulation. The other infant survived after surgical repair of a full-thickness tear of the small bowel at the level of the duodenal-jejunal junction. This type of injury is due to acceleration and deceleration forces, a classic mechanism for bowel injury to the restrained passenger in an MVA.

CONCLUSION: We report two unusual cases of fetal morbidity and mortality from MVA, including the first case of fetal bowel injury secondary to maternal MVA (a case that demonstrates that the fetus is subjected to similar mechanical forces as any restrained passenger in an MVA).

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  1. Departments of Pediatrics (S. K. P., V. M. K., A. R. P.), University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY

    Saroj K Parida MD, Vesna Martich Kriss MD & Andrew R Pulito MD

  2. Radiology (V. M. K.), University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY

    Vesna Martich Kriss MD

  3. Surgery (Division of Pediatric Surgery) (A. R. P.), University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY

    Andrew R Pulito MD

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Parida, S., Kriss, V. & Pulito, A. Fetal Morbidity and Mortality Following Motor Vehicle Accident. J Perinatol 19, 144–146 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jp.7200085

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