Chapter 35 – Emergency Hysterectomy
Chapter 35 Emergency Hysterectomy Carolyn F. Weiniger , Neil Amison , and Doron Kabiri Case Study A 33-year-old gravida 4, para 3 woman was brought to the emergency room by…
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Chapter 36 – Interventional Radiology
Chapter 36 Interventional Radiology Ian Renfrew and James Noblet Case Study A 33-year-old woman was listed first for an elective cesarean delivery due to a diagnosis of placenta previa. During…
Chapter 34 – Cell Salvage for Cesarean Delivery with High Risk of Hemorrhage
Chapter 34 Cell Salvage for Cesarean Delivery with High Risk of Hemorrhage Philip Barclay and Shubha Mallaiah Case Study A woman in her second pregnancy was booked for an elective…
Chapter 32 – Management of an Anticipated and Unanticipated Difficult Airway in a Pregnant Patient
Chapter 32 Management of an Anticipated and Unanticipated Difficult Airway in a Pregnant Patient Mary C. Mushambi and Karunakaran Ramaswamy Failed tracheal intubation is more frequent in obstetrics than in…
Chapter 33 – Major Obstetric Hemorrhage and Point-of-Care Testing
Chapter 33 Major Obstetric Hemorrhage and Point-of-Care Testing Rachel Collis , Lucy de Lloyd , and Simon Slinn Case Study A healthy primiparous woman with a body mass index (BMI)…
Chapter 31 – Maternal Hypotension after Neuraxial Anesthesia
Chapter 31 Maternal Hypotension after Neuraxial Anesthesia Ross Hofmeyr and Robert A. Dyer Case Study A 29-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman at 34 weeks’ gestation presented to the maternity…
Chapter 30 – Failed Epidural Top-Up for Cesarean Delivery
Chapter 30 Failed Epidural Top-Up for Cesarean Delivery Tauqeer Husain Case Study A fit and well low-risk nulliparous woman presented at 39 weeks’ gestation to the delivery suite. She was…
Chapter 29 – Accidental Awareness during General Anesthesia in Obstetrics
Chapter 29 Accidental Awareness during General Anesthesia in Obstetrics Fatima Khatoon and Mitko Kocarev Case Study A 24-year-old morbidly obese nulliparous parturient with an unremarkable medical and obstetric history presented…
Chapter 28 – Preterm Labor
Chapter 28 Preterm Labor Errol R. Norwitz and Denis Snegovskikh Case Study A healthy nulliparous woman at 27 + 1 weeks’ gestation presented with regular painful uterine contractions and cervical…
Chapter 27 – Nondelivery Procedures
Chapter 27 Nondelivery Procedures Alexandra Reeve , Selina Patel , and Adrienne Stewart Cervical Cerclage Case Study A 28-year-old para 1 +3 woman presented for a cervical cerclage insertion at…
