Respiratory Critical Illness During Pregnancy

Critical Care in Obstetrics

AvJorge Hidalgo,Carlos Montufar-Rueda

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Respiratory Critical Illness During Pregnancy: Critical Care in Obstetrics, a volume in the Critical Care Obstetrics series, provides a novel reference for healthcare personnel caring for pregnant women with various health compromises specific to respiratory complications. The book's chapters reflect the growing scope of critical care obstetrics and the increasing importance and recognition of the hospital structure's field, covering the most common respiratory complications that any patient can present during pregnancy, including Asthma, Pulmonary Hypertension and Infection, Cystic Fibrosis, Sleep Disorders, Respiratory failure and more.

All intensivists, regardless of primary discipline, must possess a core set of critical care skills that allow them to manage critically ill patients. Here, the authors have gathered the best evidence-based material on respiratory scenarios.

Includes obstetric concepts with updated knowledge of respiratory changes in pregnancy
Offers best practice approaches and management of potential serious conditions that may result in respiratory failure
Explores the use, effects, and management of drugs in the respiratory system during pregnancy
Includes chapters written by authors with extensive clinical experience in critical obstetric care

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-08-01
Mått:191 x 235 x undefined mm
Vikt:450 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Critical Care in Obstetrics
Antal sidor:460
Förlag:Elsevier Science
ISBN:9780443237485

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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. Pulmonary Assessment during pregnancy2. Pregnancy-Induced respiratory changes33. Maternal gas physiology4. Severe Acute Asthma5. Thrombo-embolic disease during pregnancy6. Amniotic Fluid Embolism syndrome7. Pulmonary Hypertension8. Pulmonary Infection in Pregnancy9. Cystic Fibrosis in Pregnancy10. Restrictive Lung disease in Pregnancy11. Sickle Chest Syndrome in Pregnancy12. Sleep-Disorders Breathing in pregnancy13. Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Pregnancy14. Dyspnea of Pregnancy15. Pregnancy-associated pulmonary Edema16. Radiological imaging of the Chest in pregnancy17. Respiratory Drug Therapy in Pregnancy18. Biological and immunosuppressive respiratory therapy in pregnancy19. Oxygen therapy during pregnancy20. Airway Management during pregnancy21. Mechanical Ventilation in Pregnancy22. ECMO during pregnancy23. Bedside Ultrasound during pregnancy