title: Management principles of the critically ill obstetric patient.
abstract: The goals in management of critically ill obstetric patients involve intensive monitoring and physiologic support for patients with life-threatening but potentially reversible conditions. Management principles of the mother should also take the fetus and gestational age into consideration. The most common reasons for intensive care admissions (ICU) in the United States and United Kingdom are hypertensive disorders, sepsis, and hemorrhage. The critically ill obstetric patient poses several challenges to the clinicians involved in her care, because of the anatomic and physiologic changes that take place during pregnancy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, 1709 Dryden Road, Suite 1700, Houston, TX 77030, USA. Electronic address: umunnur@bcm.edu.
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Munnur
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 1709 Dryden Road, 9th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Venkata
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Bandi
authors.affiliation: Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, 1709 Dryden Road, 9th Floor, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Kalpalatha K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Guntupalli
mesh_terms: D058186:Acute Kidney Injury / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D058109:Airway Management; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016887:Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003422:Critical Care; D016638:Critical Illness / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D046110:Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced / Q000628:therapy; D008020:Life Support Care; D010808:Physical Examination; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000628:therapy; D011295:Prenatal Care; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D012138:Respiratory Therapy; D012769:Shock / Q000628:therapy