Management of Biohazardous Exposure in Pregnancy
Management of Biohazardous Exposure in Pregnancy Dotti C. James, Mary Ann Maher, and Amanda S. Trudell Cambridge 22 At any point in time in the United States, 3 million women…
Medical Conditions in Early Pregnancy
Medical Conditions in Early Pregnancy Asha J. Heard and Agatha S. Critchfield 11 Medical conditions can occur in early pregnancy and, although rare, can cause significant maternal and fetal morbidity….
Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes
Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes Alexander Friedman 15 Premature rupture of membranes (PROM) is defined as spontaneous rupture of the membranes prior to labor. When PROM occurs at less than…
Nausea, Vomiting, and Hyperemesis of Pregnancy
Nausea, Vomiting, and Hyperemesis of Pregnancy Amy L. Snyder 10 Nausea and vomiting of pregnancy (NVP) is quite common, affecting between 70% and 85% of pregnant women (Jewell & Young,…
Recognition and Treatment of Postabortion Complications
Recognition and Treatment of Postabortion Complications Janet Singer 6 Just under 1 million pregnancies are terminated each year in the United States (Jones & Jerman, 2017). Less than 1% of…
Liberal Transfusion Strategy in the Perioperative Period
CaO2 is the sum of oxygen bound to hemoglobin and oxygen dissolved into the plasma and is calculated as follows: where 1.34 is the amount of oxygen bound by each…
Randomized Evidence of Mortality Reduction Not Confirmed in Most Recent Works: A Methodological Problem
© Springer International Publishing AG 2017Giovanni Landoni, Laura Ruggeri and Alberto Zangrillo (eds.)Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period10.1007/978-3-319-46696-5_19 19. Randomized Evidence of Mortality Reduction Not Confirmed in Most Recent Works: A Methodological Problem Laura Ruggeri1 and Martina Baiardo Redaelli1…
Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period: A Continuous Update
Systematic[sb] AND (surgery[tiab] OR surgic*[tiab] OR operation*[tiab]) AND ((myocardial AND infarction) OR (death* OR survival OR mortality OR prognosis)) AND (prevent* OR reducti* OR reduci*) (Surgery[tiab] OR surgic*[tiab] OR operation*[tiab])…
Tranexamic Acid to Reduce Perioperative Mortality
Clinical summary Drug/technique Indications Cautions Side effects Dose Tranexamic acid Prophylaxis for surgery that confers a high risk of bleeding or intervention for massive refractory intraoperative/postoperative bleeding Absolute contraindications: allergy/hypersensitivity…
Statins and Perioperative Mortality
Clinical summary Indications Cautions Side effects Dose Notes Hypercholesterolemia Primary and secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease Muscle-related (myalgia, myopathy, myonecrosis, rhabdomyolysis) in 1.5–5 % of the patients Isolated increase in…
