Obstetric Intensive Care - A Practice Manual

A practical, quick reference to the critical problems of labor and delivery, and the management of the high risk obstetric patient. Special features include helpful tables and algorithms within each chapter, and the use of memory aids. Covers not only the standard topics in obstetric intensive care, but also such subjects as the obese obstetric intensive care patient, transport of the critically ill obstetric patient, special considerations for the patient with a multifetal gestation, the role of sonography in the obstetric intensive care setting, poisoning the pregnancy, infectious complications, and complications associated with the administration of tocolytic agents.