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A unique quick-reference guide focusing on the practical bedside care of the critically ill pregnant patientObstetric Intensive Care Manualprovides immediate hands-on guidance for managing obstetric care patients in the critical care unit. Presenting treatment information on commonly encountered emergencies such as obstetric hemorrhage, hypertensive crises, and cardiac disease, as well as less frequently seen disorders such as anaphylactoid syndrome of pregnancy, thyroid storm, and psychiatric disorders, this is the perfect resource for busy clinicians who require authoritative how-to answers the moment they are needed.Features Offers step-by-step guidance for outstanding care of critically ill patients Numerous summary tables, algorithms, figures, boxed material, and illustrations Written in a style that makes even the most complex treatment protocol simple to implement Offers the expertise of world-renown contributors Includes NEW chapter on psychiatric emergencies, and NEW content on practical management of diseases and complications such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, sympathetic hyperreflexia, drug toxicity, transfusion reactions, burns, and spider and snake bites

Author Profiles
Michael Foley, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona. Dr. Foley is also head of Phoenix Perinatal Associates, one of the largest perinatal practices and busiest obstetric critical care units in the world.

Thomas H. Strong, Jr., MD, Associate Director, Maternal Fetal Medicine, Phoenix Perinatal Associates; Associate Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Arizona School of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, San Francisco.

Thomas J. Garite, MD, Professor Emeritus, Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of California, Irvine. Dr. Garite is also Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Contributors
Foreword to the Third Edition
Foreword to the Second Edition
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Basic Hemodynamic Monitoring forthe Obstetric Care Provider, William C. Mabie
2. Transfusion of Blood Components andDerivatives in the Obstetric IntensiveCare Patient, Stephanie R. Martin
3. Postpartum Hemorrhage, Karrie Francois
4. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathyand Thrombocytopenia ComplicatingPregnancy, Philip Samuels
5. Hypertensive Emergencies, Baha M. Sibai
6. Obesity in the Obstetric IntensiveCare Patient, Jordan H. Perlow
7. Thromboembolic DiseaseComplicating Pregnancy, Christina S. Han and Michael J. Paidas
8. Cardiac Disease in Pregnancy, Stephanie R. Martin
9. Maternal Sepsis, George R. Snade
10. Thyroid and Other Endorcine Emergencies, Michael A. Belfert
11. Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Pregnancy, Michael R. Foley and Ravi P. Gunatilake
12. Respiratory Emergencies During Pregnancy, Alfredo F. Gei and Victor R. Suarez
13. Acute Renal Failure in Pregnancy, Tamerou Asrat and Michael P. Nageotte
14. Amniotic Fluid Embolism, Gary A. Dildy III and Irene P. Stafford
15. Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy, Jennifer McNulty
16. Neurologic Emergencies During Pregnancy, William H. Clewell
17. Advanced Cardiac Life Support of the Pregnant Patient, Robert A. Raschke
18. Trauma and Pregnancy, Cathleen Harris
19. Transport of the Critically Ill Obstetric Patient, John P. Elliott
20. Anesthesia for the Complicated Obstetric Patient, Lisa A. Dado
21. Psychiatric Emergencies in Pregnancy, Marlin D. Mills and Paul Berkowitz
22. Fetal Considerations in the Critical Care Patient, Thomas J. Garite
23. Poisoning in Pregnancy, Alfredo Gei and Victor Suarez
24. Neonatal Resuscitation: Pathophysiology,Organization, and Survival, Keith S. Meredith and Pranav Patel
25. Fluid and Electrolyte Therapy in theCritically Ill Obstetric Patient, Cornelia Graves
26. Human Immunodeficiency Virusin Pregnancy, Linda R. Chambliss and Robert Myers
27. Systemic Lupus Erythematosus inthe Pregnant Patient, Bob Silver
Index