Obstetric Emergencies : A Practical Guide

This book provides a practical guide to the management of obstetric emergencies - acute complications during pregnancy and childbirth that pose a life-threatening risk to the mother and/or the fetus, and whose treatment requires an almost immediate response from the healthcare team in order to guara...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Ayres-de-Campos, Diogo (Author)
Corporate Author SpringerLink (Online service)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Subjects
Medicine.
Obstetrics.
Maternal and child health services.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9783319416564
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-41656-4
Physical DescriptionX, 94 p. 32 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Acute fetal hypoxia (including umbilical cord prolapse)
  • Uterine rupture and major placental abruption
  • Shoulder dystocia
  • Eclampsia
  • Retention of the aftercoming head
  • Maternal cardio-respiratory arrest
  • Amniotic fluid embolism
  • Pulmonary thromboembolism
  • Major obstetric haemorrhage
  • Simulation-based training of obstetric emergencies.

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