| Transfusion is frequently required. Complications of abruptio placentae include disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC), life-threatening maternal hemorrhage, increased risk of future abruption, and fetal demise, which has a 20% occurrence rate in abruption. [4]
http://www.merckmanuals.com/home/womens_health_issues/complications_of_pregnancy/placental_abruption_abruptio_placentae.html.
Accessed October 2013. Digital file.
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