Trauma & Acute Care Open Access

  • ISSN: 2476-2105
  • Journal h-index: 4
  • Journal CiteScore: 0.26
  • Journal Impact Factor: 0.28
  • Average acceptance to publication time (5-7 days)
  • Average article processing time (30-45 days) Less than 5 volumes 30 days
    8 - 9 volumes 40 days
    10 and more volumes 45 days

Trauma in Pregnancy

Trauma in pregnancy is one of the leading causes of non-obstetric cause of death among pregnant women. Motor vehicle crashes, assaults, falls and intimate partner violence may result in traumatic situation. In severe cases injury during pregnancy can be fatal to both mother as well as child. Even mild injury to pregnant women may result in loss of child or abortion. Both the mother and child survival becomes at stake in such condition, routine screening of pregnant women can play a vital role in saving many lives.