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Chapter 72 - Critical Care in Obstetrics (Content last reviewed: 15th December 2018)

from Section 7 - Postnatal Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2017

By
Soha A. Tohamy Said
Edited by
David James ,
Philip Steer ,
Carl Weiner ,
Bernard Gonik  and
Stephen Robson
David James
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Philip Steer
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Carl Weiner
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Bernard Gonik
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Detroit
Stephen Robson
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle
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Summary

In principle, the obstetric patient can have any surgical or medical condition that would necessitate ICU admission in a nonpregnant woman. However, the majority of obstetric critical care admissions are for a number of pregnancy-specific conditions.

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
First published in: 2017

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