RESUMO
Crime and violence have become a public health problem. Pregnant women have not been the exception and gunshot injuries occupy an important place as a cause of trauma. An important fact is that pregnant women, who suffer trauma, are special patients because pregnancy causes physiological and anatomical changes. Management of these patients should be multidisciplinary, by the general surgeon, the obstetrician and the neonatologist. However, even trauma referral centers could neither have the staff nor the ideal training for these specific cases. In this context we present the following case.
Assuntos
Lesões Pré-Natais/etiologia , Útero/lesões , Ferimentos por Arma de Fogo , Feminino , Humanos , Gravidez , Adulto JovemRESUMO
Crime and violence have become a public health problem. Pregnant women have not been the exception and gunshot injuries occupy an important place as a cause of trauma. An important fact is that pregnant women, who suffer trauma, are special patients because pregnancy causes physiological and anatomical changes. Management of these patients should be multidisciplinary, by the general surgeon, the obstetrician and the neonatologist. However, even trauma referral centers could neither have the staff nor the ideal training for these specific cases. In this context we present the following case.
Crime e violência tornaram-se um problema de Saúde Pública. As mulheres grávidas não constituem exceção e ferimentos por arma de fogo ocupam um lugar importante como causa de trauma. Um fato importante é que as mulheres grávidas que sofrem um trauma são pacientes especiais, porque a gravidez provoca modificações fisiológicas e anatômicas importantes. O manejo dessas pacientes deve ser multidisciplinar, realizado pelo cirurgião geral, pelo obstetra e pelo neonatologista. No entanto, até mesmo centros de referência de trauma poderiam nem ter o pessoal nem a formação ideal para esses casos específicos. Neste contexto, apresentamos o seguinte caso.