OB Emergencies
Early multi-disciplinary involvement in the care of these patients is important - Marina Boushra MD
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Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Pathologic Obstetric Abdominal Pain
The assessment of these patients is particularly challenging due to physiological and anatomic changes that result in atypical presentations of relatively common diseases. The choice of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures in pregnant patients is likewise challenging and must include an assessment of safety both to the patient and the fetus. Thus, the assessment of pregnant patients with acute abdominal pain requires a structured approach that considers both obstetric and non-obstetric causes of abdominal pain.
Since medical and surgical emergencies in pregnant patients are relatively rare, many clinicians may be uncomfortable with their diagnosis and management, leading to diagnostic…
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The Emergency Department After the Fall of Roe: Are You Prepared?
Abortion is one of the safest and most common outpatient procedures performed in the United States. One in four women have an abortion in their reproductive lifetime.1 Yet restrictive abortion laws have skyrocketed, making access limited for many despite abortion being legal.
EM@3AM: Uterine Perforation
Uterine perforation is rare and usually occurs as a complication of intrauterine procedures such as IUD placement, D&C, or hysteroscopy.
Management of an obstetric emergency
In a complete review of obstetric emergencies, it would be prudent to consider management of internal podalic version and breech extraction, obstetric haemorrhage, neonatal resuscitation, maternal collapse and perimortem caesarean section, amniotic fluid embolism, management of the obstetric trauma patient, eclampsia and epidural or spinal anaesthetic complications. Many of these topics deserve their own focused attention, so we focus here on ‘snack-sized’ refreshers of less common, specifically obstetric, emergencies with a procedural element.
POTD - Trauma Tuesday - Pregnant trauma
What's good for mommy is good for baby!! Resuscitate mom!
An Introduction to Obstetrical Emergencies
Understanding of Common OB emergencies and Anesthetic Implications for each.
Beyond the Basics: Obstetric Emergencies
Vaginal bleeding during pregnancy can occur at any time and may be due to a variety of conditions.
EMS Protocol of the Week - Obstetric Emergencies
The EMS protocol for obstetric emergencies basically goes down one of two paths – is baby coming out or not? If so, it’s all about positioning and referring to the protocol for emergency childbirth (stay tuned!) But if not, the focus shifts to hemorrhage/shock management and close monitoring with a high index of suspicion for maternal hypertension and pre-eclampsia/eclampsia.
Guide for the Care of the Most Relevant Obstetric Emergencies
Most deaths are due to antepartum and postpartum bleeding, complications of abortion, pregnancy-related hypertensive disorders, sepsis, protracted or obstructed labor, uterus rupture and ectopic pregnancy. Some of these complications cannot be prevented; they are of acute onset, and may occur even in patients free of any risk factors. Hence the importance of recognizing these complications in a timely manner...
Obstetric Emergencies
Common delivery emergencies...
Preparing Emergency Medicine Residents for Obstetrical Emergencies
This is just one example of a patient encounter that a physician who works in the ED might face.
Emergency Department Evaluation and Management of Pathologic Obstetric Abdominal Pain
Since medical and surgical emergencies in pregnant patients are relatively rare, many clinicians may be uncomfortable with their diagnosis and management, leading to diagnostic delay and complications for this particularly high-risk patient population. Early multi-disciplinary involvement in the care of these patients is important.
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