Obstetric Catastrophes. A Clinical Guide

1. Critical Care in the Obstetric Patient2. Hemodynamic Monitoring in Pregnancy and Puerperium3. Eclampsia4. Hellp Syndrome5. Acute Fatty Liver in Pregnancy6. Liver Failure and Hepatic Encephalopathy in Pregnancy7. Liver Hematoma and Hepatic Rupture8. Pregnancy associated Thrombotic thrombocytopenic and Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome9. Hypermesis Gravidarum10. Diabetes Ketoacidosis11. Hypoglycemia in Pregnancy12. Thyroid Emergencies during Pregnancy13. Ovarian Hyperstimulation: Pathophsyiology, Risk Factors14. Iatrogenic Multiple Pregnancy15. Procedures in the Critically Ill Pregnant Women16. ECMO during prenancy17. Nutrition in the Critically Ill Obstetric Patients18. Blunt Trauma19. Adynamic Ileus: Intraabdominal Hypertension Syndrome20. Burn Management in Pregnancy21. Drowning and Near-Drowning Management during Pregnancy22. Acute Spinal Cord Compression in Pregnancy23. Envenomations: Snake Bites and Scorpion Stings24. Pregnant patient with acute respiratory failure due to thromboembolic disease25. Severe Acute Asthma26. Anaphylaxis During Pregnancy27. Sepsis And Septic Shock In Pregnant Patient28. Chorioamnioitis29. Pneumonia During Pregnancy30. Tetanus in the Pregnant Woman31. Malaria in the Pregnant Women32. Dengue in Pregnant Women33. Ricketsiosis in Pregnant Women34. Acute coronary syndromes in pregnancy35. Aortic Disection in Pregnancy36. Cardiac Tamponade37. Cardiac Arrest in Pregnancy38. Pregnancy Related Infective Endocarditis 39. Seizures in Pregnancy40. Neurogenic Shock in Pregnant Women41. Prolonged Somatic Support in the Brain During Pregnancy and Perinatal Period: Medico-legal and Bio-ethcial Aspects42. Oliguria43. Acute Kidney Injury During Pregnancy44. Hematological Emergencies45. Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura46. Bleeding during Pregnancy47. Cancer in Obstetrics48. Superior Vena Cava Syndrome in Pregnant Woman

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.

Author Information

Carlos Montufar, MD Head of Critical Care Obstetrics UnitHospital 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.