Fulminant Hepatitis
Trey and Davidson [1] England [10] France [13] International Association for the Study of the Liver 15 Acute liver failure (occurrence of HE within 4 weeks after onset of symptoms)…
Neonatal Resuscitation “When Baby Does Not Cry”
Antepartum factors Postpartum factors Maternal diabetes/gestational diabetes Premature labor/precipitous labor Chronic medical illness – cardiac, renal, pulmonary, neurologic disease Emergency caesarean section Gestational hypertension/pre-eclampsia/chronic hypertension Assisted delivery – forceps/vacuum Age<…
Burns in Pregnancy
Author (year) Incidence in reproductive age group (%) Number of cases Maternal mortality (%) Foetal mortality (%) Bhattt (1974) [1] NA 28 71.4 82.1 Jain (1993) [2] 13.3 25 20…
Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Anemia
© Springer India 2016Alpesh Gandhi, Narendra Malhotra, Jaideep Malhotra, Nidhi Gupta and Neharika Malhotra Bora (eds.)Principles of Critical Care in Obstetrics10.1007/978-81-322-2686-4_38 38. Diagnosis and Management of Fetal Anemia S. Suresh1, 2 (1) MediScan Systems, Chennai, India (2) Sri Ramachandra…
Transport of the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient
3 2 1 0 1 2 3 Resp rate Less than 8 9–18 19–25 26–30 More than 30 Pulse rate Less than 40 40–50 51–100 101–110 111–129 More than…
Anesthesia and Pain Relief in Critically Ill Obstetric Patient
© Springer India 2016Alpesh Gandhi, Narendra Malhotra, Jaideep Malhotra, Nidhi Gupta and Neharika Malhotra Bora (eds.)Principles of Critical Care in Obstetrics10.1007/978-81-322-2686-4_35 35. Anesthesia and Pain Relief in Critically Ill Obstetric Patient Alka Saraswat1, 2, 3 (1) Saraswat Nursing Home,…
Drug-Induced Serious Maternal and Fetal Complications in Pregnancy
Sr. No. Name of drug Drugs type/used for 1 Acitretin Vitamin A derivative 2 Amantadine Antiviral/antiparkinson 3 Cerivastatin Antilipemic 4 Chenodiol GI agent 5 Cocaine Sympathomimetic 6 Coumarin derivatives Anticoagulants…
Obesity in Obstetric Intensive Care Patient
Classification Body mass index (kg/m2) Associated health risks Underweight <18.5 Low Normal range 18.5–24.9 Average Overweight >25 Preobese 25–29.9 Increased Obese class I 30–34.9 Moderately increased Obese class II 35–39.9…
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in Pregnancy
1. Acute onset of respiratory distress 2. Bilateral pulmonary infiltrates on chest X-ray 3. PAOP <18 mmHg or absence of clinical evidence of left atrial hypertension 4. PaO2/FiO2 ratio of…
Management of Sickle Cell Crisis in Pregnancy
Pathophysiology of sickle cell crisis in pregnancy Clinical Features Any woman with pregnancy, who is with refractory anaemia and who originally belongs to the Eastern India, especially with good social…
