Handbook of obstetric high dependency care /

"High dependency facilities are now an essential component of modern obstetric practice. The acutely ill parturient is now cared for by a multidisciplinary team within this specialised area. A patient does not present with a diagnosis but with an array of signs and symptoms which the staff cari...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Vaughan, David, MBBS
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010.
Temas:
Pregnancy > Complications > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Obstetrics > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Critical care medicine > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Pregnancy Complications > therapy
Critical Care > methods
Obstétrique > Guides, manuels, etc.
Soins intensifs > Guides, manuels, etc.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Pregnancy & Childbirth.
Critical care medicine
Obstetrics
Pregnancy > Complications
Handbooks and manuals
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Morbidity and mortality in the parturient
  • The maternity high dependency unit
  • Emergency management of the obstetric patient--general principles
  • Maternal and neonatal resuscitation
  • Headache
  • The collapsed patient
  • Convulsions
  • The breathless patient
  • The wheezy mother
  • Low oxygen saturation and oxygen therapy
  • Understanding arterial blood gases
  • The abnormal chest X-ray
  • Chest pain
  • Abnormal heart rate, rhythm or ECG findings
  • High blood pressures
  • Low blood pressure
  • Bleeding and transfusion
  • Rashes and itching
  • Temperature and infection
  • Abdominal pain and juandice
  • Management of pain on the MHDU
  • Immobility and thromboembolic disease
  • Abnormal urine output and renal function
  • Fluid therapy
  • Abnormal blood results
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Local anaesthetic toxicity.

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