Contents: Epidemiology of acute obstetric emergencies -- Acute changes in fetal heart rate tracing: when it becomes an emergency -- Evaluation and management of antepartum and intrapartum hemorrhage -- Evaluation and management of postpartum hemorrhage -- Amniotic fluid embolism -- Pulmonary embolism in pregnancy -- Peripartum cardiomyopathy and pulmonary edema -- Management of severe sepsis and septic shock -- Management of hypertensive crisis including stroke -- Management of eclampsia -- Subcapsular liver hematoma -- Diabetic ketoacidosis -- Thyroid storm in pregnancy -- Cardiorespiratory arrest and cardiorespiratory resuscitation in pregnancy -- Indications and techniques for transcervical and abdominal cerclage -- Techniques and complications of planned and emergency cesarean section -- Avoiding and managing lower urinary tract injury during vaginal and abdominal deliveries
Summary
In this book the author presents a video atlas in which obstetrics and gynecology specialists from the US detail step-by-step procedures for the diagnosis and management of acute maternal emergencies in labor and delivery, postpartum, emergency room areas, and intensive care
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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