Expecting Trouble: Early Warnings and Rapid Responses in Maternal Medical Care-1판

This practical resource has easily accessed emergency management plans to deal with critical conditions in obstetric
care, in which maternal health or life is threatened. Decision algorithms and summary boxes are featured throughout
for ease of reading.




1. Maternal Early Warning Systems in Obstetrics, 1

2. Rapid Response Teams, 9

3. Shock, 13

4. Severe Hypertension, 21

5. Arrhythmia, 31

6. Chest Pain, 41

7. Hypoxemia, 49

8. Dyspnea, 55

9. Oliguria, 65

10. Seizures, 75

11. Acute Mental Status Change, 85

12. Fever, 99

13. Obstetric Hemorrhage I: Antepartum Hemorrhage, 113

14. Obstetric Hemorrhage II: Postpartum Hemorrhage, 127

15. Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy, 141

16. Trauma, 147

17. Maternal Resuscitation, 155

18. Perimortem Cesarean Delivery, 165