Handbook of obstetric high dependency care

Vaughan, David [MBBS.]

Handbook of obstetric high dependency care - Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010 - 1 online resource (176 pages) : (Paper)

text Morbidity and mortality in the parturient -- The maternity high dependency unit -- Emergency management of the obstetric patient--general principles -- Maternal and neonatal resuscitation -- Headache -- The collapsed patient -- Convulsions -- The breathless patient -- The wheezy mother -- Low oxygen saturation and oxygen therapy -- Understanding arterial blood gases -- The abnormal chest X-ray -- Chest pain -- Abnormal heart rate, rhythm or ECG findings -- High blood pressures -- Low blood pressure -- Bleeding and transfusion -- Rashes and itching -- Temperature and infection -- Abdominal pain and juandice -- Management of pain on the MHDU -- Immobility and thromboembolic disease -- Abnormal urine output and renal function -- Fluid therapy -- Abnormal blood results -- Anaphylaxis -- Local anaesthetic toxicity."

Remote Includes bibliographical references (page 171) and index.

9781405178211 1405178213 (Paper) 1444323946 (electronic bk.) 1444323954 (electronic bk.) 9781444323948 (electronic bk.) 9781444323955 (electronic bk.)


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