Principles of Critical Care in Obstetrics

Front Matter....Pages i-vii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Epidemiology of Critical Illness in Obstetrics....Pages 3-7
Pregnancy-Induced Alterations in Physiology and Laboratory Reports....Pages 9-14
Ethics in the Setting Up of Obstetric HDU and ICU....Pages 15-19
Organisation and Role of Critical Care Units: Obstetric HDU/ICU....Pages 21-34
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in the Pregnant Woman....Pages 35-47
Front Matter....Pages 49-49
Role of Imaging in Noninvasive Monitoring in Obstetric Intensive Care Unit....Pages 51-58
Basic Hemodynamic and Cardiac Monitoring in Obstetrics....Pages 59-67
Respiratory Monitoring and Blood Gas Physiology....Pages 69-80
Obstetric Monitoring in Critically Ill Pregnant Women....Pages 81-84
Fetal Surveillance in Critically Ill Obstetric Patient....Pages 85-93
Infection Prevention and Control Policy in Obstetric HDU and ICU....Pages 95-103
Transfusion of Blood Components and Derivatives in the Obstetric Patients....Pages 105-118
Fluid and Electrolyte Balance in Critically Ill Obstetric Patient....Pages 119-132
Mechanical Ventilation in Critically Ill Obstetric Patient....Pages 133-141
Nutrition in the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient....Pages 143-150
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
Post-partum Haemorrhage: Prevention, Medical and Mechanical Methods of Management....Pages 153-158
Conservative and Nonconservative Surgical Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage....Pages 159-174
The Lower Segment of Uterus – A Critical Area in Childbirth and Resulting Trauma....Pages 175-197
Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy....Pages 199-206
Cardiogenic Shock in Pregnancy....Pages 207-214
Front Matter....Pages 151-151
The Recognition and Management of Maternal Sepsis....Pages 215-236
Anaphylactic Shock in a Pregnant Woman....Pages 237-252
Sudden Obstetric Collapse....Pages 253-258
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) and Thrombocytopenia in Pregnancy....Pages 259-268
Front Matter....Pages 269-269
Hypertensive Crisis in Pregnancy....Pages 271-276
Eclampsia....Pages 277-280
Antepartum Hemorrhage....Pages 281-301
HELLP Syndrome....Pages 303-309
Front Matter....Pages 311-311
Amniotic Fluid Embolism and Pulmonary Embolism....Pages 313-325
Management of Critical Cord Accidents....Pages 327-334
Acute Inversion of the Uterus....Pages 335-338
Rupture of the Gravid Uterus....Pages 339-345
Shoulder Dystocia....Pages 347-353
Difficulty in the Delivery of a Baby During LSCS....Pages 355-368