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Because most pregnant women continue their usual activities, trauma remains a common complication during pregnancy. Approximately 30,000 women in the United States experience treatable injuries related to trauma each year. As a result of the physiologic alterations that accompany pregnancy, special considerations for mother and fetus are necessary when trauma occurs. Match the maternal system adaptation in pregnancy with the clinical response to trauma.

-Decreased placental perfusion in supine position

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MATCHING
Because most pregnant women continue their usual activities, trauma remains a common complication during pregnancy. Approximately 30,000 women in the United States experience treatable injuries related to trauma each year. As a result of the physiologic alterations that accompany pregnancy, special considerations for mother and fetus are necessary when trauma occurs. Match the maternal system adaptation in pregnancy with the clinical response to trauma.

-Decreased placental perfusion in supine position

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During pregnancy, the increased heart rate can lead to decreased placental perfusion, especially in the supine position, due to compression of the inferior vena cava by the gravid uterus.

MATCHING Because Most Pregnant Women Continue Their Usual Activities, Trauma Remains