Expecting trouble : early warnings and rapid responses in maternal medical care

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"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."--Provided by publisher. Abstract: "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."--Provided by publisher Content: Rapid response teams / Gayle Olson-Koutrovelis -- Maternal early warning systems in obstetrics / Nadir El-Sharawi and Jill M Mhyre -- Shock / Arthur Vaught -- Severe hypertension / Daniel W. Skupski and Sandra Asanjarani -- Arrhythmia / Melissa Westermann and Afshan Hameed -- Chest pain / Afshan Hameed -- Hypoxemia / Lauren Plante -- Dyspnea / Brigid McCue -- Oliguria / Jhenette Lauder and Anthony Sciscione -- Seizures / Neil Seligman -- Acute mental status change / Matthew K. Hoffman and Victoria Greenberg -- Fever / Anna Maya Powell -- Obstetric hemorrhage I : a trimester-based approach to antepartum hemorrhage / John C. Smulian, Casey Brown, and Amanda Flicker -- Obstetric haemorrhage II : postpartum hemorrhage / Amanda Flicker, Casey Brown, and John C. Smulian -- Acute abdomen / Ashley Brandt -- Trauma / Hugh H. Ehrenberg -- Maternal resuscitation / Nicole Yonke and Lawrence Leeman -- Perimortem cesarean delivery / Stephanie Martin and Nicole Ruddick Hall.