3 – Airway-Related Problems
3 Airway-Related Problems Case 3.1 Breathing System Case A long time ago, a 3-year-old girl, weighing 14 kg, was scheduled for inguinal hernia repair. Despite rectal premedication with midazolam 14…
2 – Concepts and Strategy
2 Concepts and Strategy Case 2.1 General Safety Rules: Identification of the Patient and the Type of Surgery Case Many decades ago, a 6-year-old boy was scheduled for the removal…
4 – Vascular Access
4 Vascular Access Case 4.1 Difficult Venous Access Case Several decades ago, a 2 6/12-year-old girl was transferred to the children’s hospital because of severe dehydration and shock following gastroenteritis….
Chapter 46 – Intracranial Lesions in Pregnancy
Chapter 46 Intracranial Lesions in Pregnancy Roulhac D. Toledano and Lisa Leffert Case Study A 31-year-old gravida 1, para 0 woman with a recently diagnosed intracranial mass presented for planned…
Chapter 49 – Pandemic Flu
Chapter 49 Pandemic Flu Sioned Phillips and Frank Schroeder Case Study A previously well 32-year-old woman presented to the Emergency Department at 37 weeks’ gestation with a two-day history of…
Chapter 45 – Ischemic Heart Disease and Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy
Chapter 45 Ischemic Heart Disease and Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy Rachel Hignett and Lindzi Peacock Case Study A 42-year-old primigravida woman at 34 weeks’ gestation presented to her local Emergency…
Chapter 48 – Management of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Pregnancy
Chapter 48 Management of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Pregnancy Ellile Pushpanathan and Pervez Sultan Case Study A 36-year-old gravida 1, para 2 parturient was booked for an elective cesarean delivery at…
Chapter 47 – Sepsis in Obstetrics
Chapter 47 Sepsis in Obstetrics Gabriela Frunza and Nuala Lucas Case Study A multiparous woman at 37 weeks’ gestation was admitted to the delivery suite for induction of labor. She…
Chapter 42 – Management of Post–Dural Puncture Headache
Chapter 42 Management of Post–Dural Puncture Headache Michael J. Paech and Han T. Truong Case Study A 28-year-old nulliparous woman had labor induced for prolonged preterm rupture of membranes at…
Chapter 44 – Trauma in Pregnancy
Chapter 44 Trauma in Pregnancy Tom Hurst and Andre Vercueil Case Study A 27-year-old primiparous woman at 31 weeks gestation was involved in a road traffic collision (RTC). She was…
