Case review: septic shock in the pregnant patient

Accident and Emergency Nursing
Brian Sweetman, Julie Considine

Abstract

This case study involves a 36-year-old female at 15 weeks gestation who presented with severe lower abdominal pain post amniocentesis and subsequently deteriorated into a state of septic shock whilst in the ED. The circumstances surrounding this patient's presentation and subsequent clinical course are presented. The assessment and management of septic shock is also described with specific consideration to this patient's pregnant state.

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