منابع مشابه
Critical care in pregnancy
Childbirth is a major event in the lives of mothers and their families. Critical illness in pregnancy is uncommon but may arise from conditions unique to pregnancy, conditions exacerbated by pregnancy and coincidental conditions. According to the latest Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths in the UK, haemorrhage remains a leading direct cause of mortality; however, there has been an increa...
متن کاملCritical care in obstetrics: pregnancy-specific conditions.
This chapter summarizes the clinical presentation, pathophysiology, evaluation and management of six commonly encountered complications unique to pregnancy that require critical care management: obstetric haemorrhage; pre-eclampsia/HELLP (haemolysis-elevated liver enzymes-low platelets) syndrome; acute fatty liver of pregnancy; peripartum cardiomyopathy; amniotic fluid embolism; and trauma.
متن کاملPulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy: Critical Care Management
Pulmonary hypertension is common in critical care settings and in presence of right ventricular failure is challenging to manage. Pulmonary hypertension in pregnant patients carries a high mortality rates between 30-56%. In the past decade, new treatments for pulmonary hypertension have emerged. Their application in pregnant women with pulmonary hypertension may hold promise in reducing morbidi...
متن کاملPhysiologic changes in pregnancy and their impact on critical care.
OBJECTIVES To describe the major pregnancy-induced physiologic changes that affect the care of patients who are critically ill. METHODS We reviewed relevant textbooks and articles pertaining to physiologic alterations produced by pregnancy. Those changes that have a bearing on patients admitted to an intensive care unit were abstracted, summarized, and organized by organ system. CONCLUSIONS...
متن کاملCritiCal illness in pregnanCy
Critical illness in pregnancy increases maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. The critical illness can be related to pregnancy per se, or can be secondary to a concurrent medical illness. Early identification and appropriate management results in good outcomes with a short ICU stay. Late identification and delayed therapy results in poor maternal & fetal outcomes with development of multi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Critical Care
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1364-8535
DOI: 10.1186/cc10479