AWHONN’s High-Risk & Critical Care Obstetrics

Description:

Develop top-level guidelines for high-risk and critically ill pregnancy women with AWHONN High-Risk & Critical Care Obstetrics, 4th Edition, an official publication of the Association of Women’s Health, Obstetric & Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN). This comprehensive analysis of critical care obstetrics concepts offers summary of research findings and top-notch clinical expertise. This is the expert guidance you need to navigate complex patient conditions and promote safe, effective perinatal care.

Table of Contents:

Part I: Foundations for Practice

Chapter 1 Maternal Morbidity and Mortality

Chapter 2 Improving Maternal Outcomes

Chapter 3 Critical Care Obstetric Capabilities: Development Strategies

Chapter 4 Simulation-Based Training

Chapter 5 Adverse and Sentinel Maternal Events: Effective Follow-Up

Part II: Clinical Practice Adjuncts

Chapter 6 Hemodynamic and Oxygen Transport Assessment During Pregnancy

Chapter 7 Mechanical Ventilation During Pregnancy

Chapter 8 Critical Pharmacologic Agents

Chapter 9 Volume Resuscitation and Blood Component Therapy

Part III: Clinical Application

Chapter 10 Hypertension in Pregnancy

Chapter 11 Maternal Cardiac Disorders

Chapter 12 Pulmonary Disorders in Pregnancy

Chapter 13 Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

Chapter 14 Obstetric Triage Tools

Chapter 15 Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Chapter 16 Acute Kidney Injury

Chapter 17 Maternal Obesity

Chapter 18 Morbidly Adherent Placenta

Chapter 19 Obstetric Hemorrhage

Chapter 20 Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation in Pregnancy

Chapter 21 Sepsis in Pregnancy

Chapter 22 Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Chapter 23 Trauma in Pregnancy

Chapter 24 Anesthesia Emergencies in the Obstetric Setting

Chapter 25 Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy

Part IV: Practice Resources

Appendix A Guidelines for the Care of the Patient with Hypertension During Pregnancy

Appendix B Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Patient with Diabetic Ketoacidosis

Appendix C Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Patient with a Morbidly Adherent Placenta

Appendix D Guidelines for the Care of the Patient with Obstetric Hemorrhage

Appendix E Massive Transfusion Protocol—Blood Replacement Therapy

Appendix F Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Patient Requiring an Intra-Arterial Catheter

Appendix G Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Patient Requiring Central Hemodynamic Monitoring

Appendix H Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Patient Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

Appendix I Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Trauma Patient

Appendix J Guidelines for the Care of the Obstetric Patient Requiring Transport

Index