Trauma During Pregnancy

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Del i serien Critical Care in Obstetrics

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Beskrivning

Trauma During Pregnancy is a volume in the Critical Care Obstetrics series. It’s a novel reference to educate physicians, nurses, and all allied healthcare personnel caring for pregnant women experiencing trauma. The authors offer best practices and evidence-based material explicitly focused on the most common complications in pregnant patients that may occur to improve patient care. It not only covers critical care investigation from medical-surgical complications that any patient can present, but also how to prepare and anticipate complications in the critical care unit.

Includes obstetric concepts with updated knowledge for dealing with preparing and managing patient trauma
Offers best practice approaches and interventions of sedation and pain management
Presents the use of and effects of drugs including overdose, poisoning, and envenomation with potential medical surgical interventions
Chapters cover everything from organizing an obstetrical care unit, to nursing, nutrition, and transportation of the patient

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-01
Mått:191 x 235 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Care in Obstetrics
Antal sidor:460
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780443217630

Utforska kategorier

Biologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

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. 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. 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.

Innehållsförteckning

1. Organizing an Obstetrical Critical Care Unit2. Critical Care Nursing3. Vascular Access4. Nutritional Support5. Sedation and Pain Management in Pregnancy6. Critical Care Drills in Obstetrics7. Transportation of the Critically-ill pregnant patient8. Acute Spinal Card injury9. Thermal and electric injury10. Overdose, poisoning, and envenomation11. Mass Casualties12. Biological and Chemical radiology exposure13. Management of BURNS in pregnancy14. Drowning and Near drowning15. Catastrophic Trauma16. Pelvic Trauma17. Blunt Trauma18. Perinatal Mental Health19. Ethical Considerations