Full Description
This practical resource has easily accessed emergency management plans to deal with critical conditions in obstetric care, in which maternal health or life is threatened. Decision algorithms and summary boxes are featured throughout for ease of reading.
Contents
Introduction. Rapid response teams. Maternal early warning systems in Obstetrics. Shock. Severe hypertension. Arrhythmia. Chest pain. Hypoxemia. Dyspnea. Oliguria. Seizures. Acute mental status change. Fever. Obstetric hemorrhage I: A trimester-based approach to antepartum hemorrhage. Obstetric haemorrhage II: Postpartum hemorrhage. Acute abdomen. Trauma. Maternal resuscitation. Perimortem Cesarean delivery.
