Challenges of Managing Obstetric Emergences in the Intensive Care Unit
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Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: ICU: Intensive Care Unit; CPCR: Cardiac Pulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation; SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score; APACHE: Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; TISS: Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System; HELLP: Hemolysis, Elevated Liver enzymes and Low Platelet Count; ARI: Acute Renal Insufficiency; PE: Pulmonary Embolism; VTE: Venous Thrombo Embolism; AE: Amniotic Embolism
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