title: Critical care obstetrics: management of the fetus.
abstract: Whenever a critically ill gravida presents for care, consideration should be given to consulting an obstetrician or a maternal-fetal medicine specialist. The technological advances of the past two decades permit these critical care obstetrical specialists to immediately assess fetal health with ultrasonography or a fetal monitor. By so doing, maternal and fetal care can be optimized through a team approach.
authors.affiliation: Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center, California.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Phelan
mesh_terms: D001237:Asphyxia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000502:physiology; D005318:Fetal Heart / Q000502:physiology; D005323:Fetal Monitoring; D005333:Fetus / Q000502:physiology*; D006340:Heart Rate, Fetal / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008431:Maternal-Fetal Exchange; D009774:Obstetrics; D010500:Perinatology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*