The Brain of the Critically Ill Pregnant Woman

Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez serves as Medical Director of the Critical Care Services at Baptist Hospital of Miami. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Professor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Larkin University, Miami-Dade Florida. He is the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Intensive Care.Dr. Perez-Fernandez manages a large group of critical care physicians, South Florida Critical Care Services, overseeing the operations of seven ICUs with over 350 beds. He has been a regional and national recognized leader during the COVID-19 pandemic with multiple TV and media appearances and consulting services for several national and international organizations. He has been directly involved in the development of Rapid Response Teams, technology implementation and “open ICU” models. He has lectured worldwide and author of many original publications with the Society of Critical Care Medicine. Dr. Carlos Montufar-Rueda is the Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit of the "Dr. Arnulfo Arias M." Hospital Complex in Panama City, Panama. He is the creator and National Director of the Fellowship Program in Critical Care Obstetrics in Panama. He has written chapters in different texts on the subject of obstetric complications and obstetric intensive care. In addition, he has participated in clinical research studies, publishing papers in different International Medical Journals. Dr. Montufar-Rueda had an important participation in the creation and structuring of the Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics course, endorsed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). He is a member of SCCM, and is designated as the International Ambassador of Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Dr. Montufar-Rueda has participated in countless international conferences as an exhibitor from 1997 to date. Dr. Jorge Hidalgo is a Professor of Critical Care and the Head of the Division of Critical Care at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize, Central America. He is the President Elect of the World Federation of Societies of Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. He has won several awards with the highest recognition and the Director of the very prestigious ACP Review Course hosted by the Paraguay Society of Internal Medicine. Due to his outstanding contribution to the Society of Critical Care Medicine he received the Presidential Citation Award. And Global Safar Award, becoming the First Latin American Intensivist to get this Nomination. He is involved in numerous congresses and a well-recognized international speaker.

*4 stars* "...reflects the neurologic impact of critical illness on the pregnant patient [and] reviews medical and surgical challenges which may affect neurologic performance of pregnant patients through discussion of relevant physiology and pathophysiology.... [P]resents approaches to support clinical issues arising in both pregnant patients and fetuses.... Well-illustrated chapters discuss computed tomography, cerebral angiography, and transcranial doppler as related to pregnancy.... Chapters are clearly written and make excellent use of tables and line drawings to reinforce valuable information.... [A] superb summary of neurophysiology and neuropathology having complex impact on a special patient group. Specific effects on the brain and organs supporting its function receive integrated and clear review.... [P]resents documentation including tables, an excellent illustration group, and detailed references to support teaching points.... [A]n important addition to the bookshelf located within clinical units designed to meet the special needs of pregnant patients and fetuses." --©Doody’s Review Service, 2024, David James Dries, MSE, MD (Regions Hospital)

• SECTION 1 Critical care1. Neurologic complications in the obstetric patientSECTION 2 Neurologic monitorings2. Intracranial pressure monitoring and pregnancy3. Monitoring of cerebral oxygenation4. Neuromonitoring in critically ill pregnant patients5. Multinodal neuromonitoringSECTION 3 Imaging6. Computed tomography findings in critical neurological conditions in the obstetric patient7. Cerebral angiography and neurovascular intervention: General considerations specific to cerebral angiography and neurovascular intervention in pregnant patients8. Transcranial Doppler in pregnancySECTION 4 Encephalopathy9. Hepatic encephalopathy during pregnancy10. Wernicke encephalopathySECTION 5 Vascular disease11. Acute ischemic stroke12. General approach to neurocritical care in obstetrics: The brain of the critically ill pregnant woman13. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura14. Venous sinus thrombosis and pregnancySECTION 6 Neurological disease15. Headache in pregnancy16. Coma and brain death in pregnancy17. Eclampsia18. Central nervous system infections in pregnancySECTION 7 Weakness syndromes19. Myasthenia gravis and pregnancy20. Multiple sclerosis and pregnancy21. Guillain-Barré syndrome in pregnancySECTION 8 Trauma22. Traumatic brain injury in critically ill pregnant women23. Spinal traumaSECTION 9 Neurosurgery in pregnant woman24. Intracranial surgerySECTION 10 Brain implications in cardiac arrest25. Cerebral resuscitation from cardiac arrestSECTION 11 The fetus26. Fetal surveillance in the neurocritical pregnant patientSECTION 12 Airway and mechanical ventilation27. Mechanical ventilation in the brain-injured pregnant woman28. Remote neurocritical monitoring of the critically ill pregnant patient29. Highly infectious central nervous system infections