Critical Heart Condition During Pregnancy, a volume in the Critical Care Obstetrics series, provides a novel reference to educate physicians, nurses, and all allied healthcare personnel caring for pregnant women with various health compromises specific to cardiac complications. The book's chapters reflect the growing scope of critical care obstetrics and the increasing importance and recognition of the hospital structure's field. All intensivists, regardless of primary discipline, must possess a core set of critical care skills that allow them to manage critically ill patients. The authors have gathered the best evidence-based material explicitly focused on cardiac scenarios.
This volume presents cardiac medical-surgical complications that any patient can present during and post-partem, such as Arrhythmias, Endocarditis, Cardiogenic Shock, heart failure, and more.
This volume presents cardiac medical-surgical complications that any patient can present during and post-partem, such as Arrhythmias, Endocarditis, Cardiogenic Shock, heart failure, and more.
Table of Contents
1. Burden of Cardiovascular disease during pregnancy2. The Cardio-Obstetric Team
3. Pregnancy-Induced Heart Physiological alteration
4. Cardiovascular Symptoms: is it Pregnancy of the Heart.
5. Analgesia and Anesthesia in the Critically ill Pregnant patient
6. Anticoagulation in Pregnancy
7. Acute Valvopathies in pregnancy
8. Congenital Heart Disease in pregnancy
9. Peri partum Myocardiopathy
10. Acute Coronary Syndrome during pregnancy
11. Pulmonary Hypertension in Pregnancy
12. Arrhythmias during pregnancy
13. Endocarditis in pregnancy
14. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Pregnancy
15. Cardiac Surgery in pregnancy
16. Decompensated Heart Failure in Pregnancy
17. Cardiovascular Medication in Pregnancy
18. Cardiogenic Shock
19. Marfan Syndrome
20. Aortic Dissections
Authors
Jorge Hidalgo Professor and Head, Division of Critical care, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize, Central America. Dr. Jorge Hidalgo is a Professor of Critical Care and the Head of the Division of Critical Care at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize, Central America. He is the President Elect of the World Federation of Societies of Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. He has won several awards with the highest recognition and the Director of the very prestigious ACP Review Course hosted by the Paraguay Society of Internal Medicine. Due to his outstanding contribution to the Society of Critical Care Medicine he received the Presidential Citation Award. And Global Safar Award, becoming the First Latin American Intensivist to get this Nomination. He is involved in numerous congresses and a well-recognized international speaker. Carlos Montufar Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Arnulfo Arias M Hospital Complex, Panama City, Panama. Dr. Carlos Montufar is the Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit of the "Dr. Arnulfo Arias M." Hospital Complex in Panama City, Panama. He is the creator and National Director of the Fellowship Program in Critical Care Obstetrics in Panama. He has written chapters in different texts on the subject of obstetric complications and obstetric intensive care. In addition, he has participated in clinical research studies, publishing papers in different International Medical Journals. Dr. Montufar had an important participation in the creation and structuring of the Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics course, endorsed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). He is a member of SCCM, and is designated as the International Ambassador of Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Dr. Montufar has participated in countless international conferences as an exhibitor from 1997 to date. Javier Perez-Fernandez Medical Director, Critical Care Services Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida, USA. Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez serves as Medical Director of the Critical Care Services at Baptist Hospital of Miami. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Professor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Larkin University, Miami-Dade Florida. He is the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Intensive Care.Dr. Perez-Fernandez manages a large group of critical care physicians, South Florida Critical Care Services, overseeing the operations of seven ICUs with over 350 beds. He has been a regional and national recognized leader during the COVID-19 pandemic with multiple TV and media appearances and consulting services for several national and international organizations. He has been directly involved in the development of Rapid Response Teams, technology implementation and "open ICU� models. He has lectured worldwide and author of many original publications with the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
