Intrapartum care of a woman with aortic aneurysms.
Advances in technology and complex care have enabled women with various health problems to become and remain pregnant. Consequently, health-care practitioners are seeing an increasing number of pregnant women who have aortic aneurysms. This case study describes the culturally sensitive intrapartum care of a Middle Eastern woman with ascending and descending aortic aneurysms.
Roth
C K
CK
Methodist Hospital, Houston.
Riley
B
B
Cohen
S M
SM
D001012:Aorta, Abdominal; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic; D001014:Aortic Aneurysm / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000208:ethnology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D009773:Obstetric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D011181:Postnatal Care / Q000379:methods; D011247:Pregnancy; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000379:methods