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Bleeding Disorders During Pregnancy: Critical Care Obstetrics

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Author:   Jorge Hidalgo, MD, MACP, MCCM, FCCP (Professor and Head, Division of Critical care, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize, Central America, Belize) ,  Carlos Montufar-Rueda, MD (Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Arnulfo Arias M Hospital Complex, Panama City, Panama) ,  Javier Perez-Fernandez, MD (Medical Director, Critical Care Services Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida, USA)
Publisher:   Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc
Imprint:   Academic Press Inc
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780443214356

ISBN 10:   0443214352
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   11 August 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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1. Introduction 2. Physiologic Hematologic Changes during pregnancy 3. Obstetrics Hemorrhage and Hypovolemic Shock 4. First Trimester Bleeding 5. Abortion 6. Ectopic pregnancy 7. Ante and Intra-Partum Hemorrhage 8. Previous Placenta 9. Placental Abruption 10. Uterine Rupture 11. POST-PARTUM HEMORRHAGE 12. Uterine Atony 13. Placenta Accreta 14. Genital Tract Trauma 15. Uterine Inversion 16. Reteined Products of Conception 17. Hepatic Rupture 18. Medical and Surgical Approach 19. Fluid Therapy in Hypovolemic Shock 20. Blood Component Therapy and Massive Transfusion 21. Hemostatic Monitoring 22. Pharmacological management of uterine atony 23. Oxitocin 24. Methylergonovine 25. Carbetocin 26. Prostaglandins 27. Drugs for Massive Bleeding 28. Tranexamic Acid 29. Recombinant Factor VII 30. Human prothrombin complex 31. Human Fibrinogen 32. Less Invasive Approach 33. Compression Suture 34. Vascular Ligatures 35. Intra-uterine Devices 36. Endovascular Embolization 37. Invasive Approach 38. Obstetric Hysterectomies 39. Damage Control Surgery 40. Patient's Transport 41. Consumption and Dilutional Coagulopathy 42. Endocrine Consequences of Hemorrhagic Shock

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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.

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