Full Description
Emergency and Critical Care in Obstetrics covers the management of a variety of emergency obstetric conditions. With essential information on the use of equipment and administering relevant therapies, this book is an ideal source of reference for obstetricians.Divided into 24 chapters, the book begins with discussion on maternal health and mortality in emergency obstetric services, followed by the practicalities of setting up an intensive care unit and equipment, and the role of fluid and electrolytes in obstetrics. Further chapters cover a range of conditions and situations which require emergency and critical care, from severe pre-eclampsia to renal, cardiac, respiratory and surgical emergencies.Two chapters cover anaesthesia and analgesia in obstetrics, and discussion on anticoagulation therapies follows the chapter on coagulation disorders and pregnancy. The book concludes with an insightful chapter on intensive care blood component transfusion.58 images and illustrations enhance important information for obstetricians in this concise guide to emergency and critical care in obstetrics.Key PointsConcise guide to the management of emergency obstetric conditionsIncludes guidance on ICU set-up, anaesthesia, analgesia, therapies and foetal diagnostics58 images and illustrations
Contents
1. Maternal Mortality in Emergency Obstetrics Services2. Sudden Maternal Collapse3. ICU Setup and Equipments4. Fluid and Electrolytes in Obstetrics5. Shock and Pregnancy6. Sepsis in Obstetrics-An Indian Prospective7. Severe Pre-eclampsia-Hypertensive Emergencies8. Pre-eclampsia and Eclampsia9. Obstetric Hemorrhage10. Metabolic Disorders in Pregnancy11. Renal Failure and Renal Transplant Patient and Pregnancy12. Cardiac Emergencies13. Respiratory Failure in Pregnancy14. Obstetric Anaesthesia15. Obstetric Analgesia16. Surgical Emergencies in Obstetrics 17. Uterine Rupture18. Peripartum Hysterectomy19. Postpartum Hemorrhage20. Fetus as a Patient-Diagnostics and Therapies21. Trauma in Obstetrics22. Coagulation Disorders and Pregnancy23. Anticoagulation Therapy24. Intensive Care-Blood Component TransfusionIndex
