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Placental Abruption
Abby, a 28-year-old client at 34 weeks' gestation with chronic hypertension, was in a low-speed car accident one hour ago with the seatbelt across her abdomen. She now presents to the labor and delivery triage unit with sudden, constant, severe abdominal pain that does not come and go like labor contractions.
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