2025 Multiprofessional Critical Care Review: Adult Online-Obstetric Emergencies

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This lecture covers obstetric emergencies, focusing on physiological changes and critical conditions during pregnancy. Key adaptations include increased blood volume and cardiac output, lowered blood pressure, and respiratory changes. Hypertensive disorders like gestational hypertension, preeclampsia, severe preeclampsia, and eclampsia are discussed, emphasizing diagnosis, organ impact, and management via delivery, blood pressure control, and IV magnesium to prevent seizures. HELLP syndrome, TTP, and hemorrhagic shock are serious complications requiring urgent intervention. Peripartum cardiomyopathy poses diagnostic challenges due to symptom overlap with normal pregnancy. Trauma management stresses fetal monitoring and maternal positioning. Airway management notes increased airway edema. Management of pulmonary embolism recommends CT angiography and anticoagulation with low molecular weight heparin. Maternal sepsis, a leading cause of mortality, requires prompt recognition and treatment. Imaging and medication use during pregnancy demand careful consideration to minimize fetal risks. Overall, immediate, tailored interventions are vital for maternal and fetal survival in obstetric emergencies.

Keywords

obstetric emergencies

physiological changes in pregnancy

hypertensive disorders in pregnancy

HELLP syndrome

peripartum cardiomyopathy

maternal sepsis

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