Obstetric Intensive Care Manual, 3/e > Obstetrics & Gynecology

Hardcover - 368 pages 3/e A unique quick-reference guide focusing on the practical bedside care of the critically ill pregnant patient "Now, in this third edition of the Obstetric Intensive Care Manual, Dr. Mike Foley and his colleagues have answered our questions. This book is presented in a very practical manual, providing a hands- on approach to our patients....Whether we work in a major academic medical center with large intensive care units or in a small rural hospital, this manual will serve as an important resource for all of us... presented in a very practical style that makes the translation from the written word to action easy to undertake."--Steven G. Gabbe, MD, Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, Chief Executive Officer, The Ohio State University Center, Columbus, OH (from the foreword) Obstetric Intensive Care Manual provides immediate hands-on guidance for managing obstetric care patients in the critical care unit. Presenting treatment information on commonly encountered emergencies such as obstetric hemorrhage, hypertensive crises, and cardiac disease, as well as less frequently seen disorders such as anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy, thyroid storm, and psychiatric disorders, this is the perfect resource for busy clinicians who require authoritative how-to answers the moment they are needed. Features Offers step-by-step guidance for outstanding care of critically ill patients Numerous summary tables, algorithms, figures, boxed material, and illustrations Written in a style that makes even the most complex treatment protocol simple to implement Offers the expertise of world-renowned contributors Includes NEW chapter on psychiatric emergencies, and NEW content on practical management of diseases and complications such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, sympathetic hyperreflexia, drug toxicity, transfusion reactions, burns, and spider and snake bites

Contributors Foreword to the Third Edition Foreword to the Second Edition Preface Acknowledgments 1. Basic Hemodynamic Monitoring for the Obstetric Care Provider, William C. Mabie 2. Transfusion of Blood Components and Derivatives in the Obstetric Intensive Care Patient, Stephanie R. Martin 3. Postpartum Hemorrhage, Karrie Francois 4. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy and Thrombocytopenia Complicating Pregnancy, Philip Samuels 5. Hypertensive Emergencies, Baha M. Sibai 6. Obesity in the Obstetric Intensive Care Patient, Jordan H. Perlow 7. Thromboembolic Disease Complicating Pregnancy, Christina S. Han and Michael J. Paidas 8. Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy, Stephanie R. Martin 9. Maternal Sepsis, George R. Snade 10. Thyroid and Other Endorcine Emergencies, Michael A. Belfert 11. Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pregnancy, Michael R. Foley and Ravi P. Gunatilake 12. Respiratory Emergencies During Pregnancy, Alfredo F. Gei and Victor R. Suarez 13. Acute Renal Failure in Pregnancy, Tamerou Asrat and Michael P. Nageotte 14. Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Gary A. Dildy III and Irene P. Stafford 15. Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy, Jennifer McNulty 16. Neurologic Emergencies During Pregnancy, William H. Clewell 17. Advanced Cardiac Life Support of the Pregnant Patient, Robert A. Raschke 18. Trauma and Pregnancy, Cathleen Harris 19. Transport of the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient, John P. Elliott 20. Anesthesia for the Complicated Obstetric Patient, Lisa A. Dado 21. Psychiatric Emergencies in Pregnancy, Marlin D. Mills and Paul Berkowitz 22. Fetal Considerations in the Critical Care Patient, Thomas J. Garite 23. Poisoning in Pregnancy, Alfredo Gei and Victor Suarez 24. Neonatal Resuscitation: Pathophysiology, Organization, and Survival, Keith S. Meredith and Pranav Patel 25. Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy in the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient, Cornelia Graves 26. Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Pregnancy, Linda R. Chambliss and Robert Myers 27. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus in the Pregnant Patient, Bob Silver Index