“The brevity of the chapters makes this appropriate for clinicians. … it would be a valuable tome to keep in high-risk obstetrical units, emergency departments, and intensive care units.” (Barbara Hoffman, Doody's Book Reviews, August 27, 2021)
1. Critical Care in the Obstetric Patient
2. Hemodynamic Monitoring in Pregnancy and Puerperium
3. Eclampsia
4. Hellp Syndrome
5. Acute Fatty Liver in Pregnancy
6. Liver Failure and Hepatic Encephalopathy in Pregnancy
7. Liver Hematoma and Hepatic Rupture
8. Pregnancy associated Thrombotic thrombocytopenic and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
21. Drowning and Near-Drowning Management during Pregnancy
22. Acute Spinal Cord Compression in Pregnancy
23. Envenomations: Snake Bites and Scorpion Stings
24. Pregnant patient with acute respiratory failure due to thromboembolic disease
25. Severe Acute Asthma
26. Anaphylaxis During Pregnancy
27. Sepsis And Septic Shock In Pregnant Patient
28. Chorioamnioitis
29. Pneumonia During Pregnancy
30. Tetanus in the Pregnant Woman
31. Malaria in the Pregnant Women
32. Dengue in Pregnant Women
33. Ricketsiosis in Pregnant Women
34. Acute coronary syndromes in pregnancy
35. Aortic Disection in Pregnancy
36. Cardiac Tamponade
37. Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy
38. Pregnancy Related Infective Endocarditis
39. Seizures in Pregnancy
40. Neurogenic Shock in Pregnant Women
41. Prolonged Somatic Support in the Brain During Pregnancy and Perinatal Period: Medico-legal and Bio-ethcial Aspects
42. Oliguria
43. Acute Kidney Injury During Pregnancy
44. Hematological Emergencies
45. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura
46. Bleeding during Pregnancy
47. Cancer in Obstetrics
48. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in Pregnant Woman
Carlos Montufar, MD
Head of Critical Care Obstetrics Unit
Hospital Doctor Arnulfo Arias Madrid
Panama City
Panama
Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MACP, MCCM, FCCP
Professor of Critical Care
Chief, Division of Critical Care
Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital
Belize City
Belize
Alfredo F. Gei, MD
High Risk Pregnancy (MFM) Specialist
Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center
Houston, TX
USA
Carlos Montufar, Head of Critical Care Obstetrics Unit. Director of Critical Care Obstetrics Fellowship Program. For the last 20 years, he has dedicated to developing and managing critically ill obstetric patients. Also, he had a long teaching career and pioneering obstetric critical care.
Dr Hidalgo is an internationally recognized leader in Intensive Care Medicine, at Belize Healthcare Partners. He established the first general intensive care unit in Belize in 2002. Dr Hidalgo is a pioneer of Critical Care Medicine in Belize, and in 2010, he founded Central America and the Caribbean Consortium of the Intensive Care Medicine. In recognition of his contributions to the field of Intensive Care Medicine, he has been awarded the Presidential Citation Award from the American Society of Intensive Care Medicine for ten consecutive years. He has also received the Master of the American College of Physician award from the ACP. The first Latin American Intensivist to receive the Master of the American College of Critical Care.
Dr Alfredo Gei, an obstetrician-gynaecologist specializing in high-risk pregnancy and affiliated with Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, knows all too well the complications that come with multiple births. Not only has he worked with many families going through the process, but he also helped bring a mother of quadruplets to term at 33 weeks—nearly three weeks longer than the national average for quadruplets and of crucial importance to the health of the babies.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of critical care obstetrics. The text reviews different diseases and complications that can cause a pregnant patient to go into critical condition, while outlining treatment and management strategies for effective patient care. Critical scenarios covered include obstetric hemorrhage, pulmonary edema in preeclampsia, cardiac arrest, septic shock, abdominal hypertension, uterine rupture, and acute renal failure.
Written by experts in the field, Obstetric Catastrophes: A Clinical Guide is a valuable resource for critical care intensivists, obstetricians, and any practitioners involved in the treatment and management of the obstetric patient in critical condition.