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DYSPNOEA DURING NORMAL PREGNANCY
Author(s) -
Milne J. A.,
Howie A. D.,
Pack A. I.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
bjog: an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.157
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1471-0528
pISSN - 1470-0328
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1978.tb10497.x
Subject(s) - gestation , pregnancy , medicine , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , first trimester , second trimester , genetics , physics , optics , biology
Summary The incidence, severity and time‐course of dyspnoea were assessed in 62 women on eight occasions throughout a normal pregnancy. Fifteen per cent of subjects noticed an increase in dyspnoea in the first trimester compared with the non‐pregnant state and in almost half of them dyspnoea was experienced before 19 weeks gestation; 76 per cent complained of this symptom by 31 weeks gestation. After this time, few subjects noticed any increase in their symptoms.