Table of Contents:

Part 1:  Introduction to Critical Care Obstetrics

Chapter 1.     Epidemiology of Critical Illness and Outcomes in Pregnancy

Chapter 2.     Organizing a Critical Care Obstetric Unit

Part II:  Pregnancy Physiology

Chapter 3.     Pregnancy-Induced Physiologic Alterations

Chapter 4.     Maternal-Fetal Blood Gas Physiology

Chapter 5.     Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

Part III:  Procedures and Interventions

Chapter 6.     Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Chapter 7.     Neonatal Resuscitation

Chapter 8.     Airway Management in Critical Illness

Chapter 9.     Vascular Access

Chapter 10.   Blood Component Replacement Therapy

Chapter 11.   Hyperalimentation

Chapter 12.   Dialysis

Chapter 13.   Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Chapter 14.   Noninvasive Monitoring

Chapter 15.   Pulmonary Artery Catheterization

Part IV:  Disease Processes   

Chapter 16.   Seizures and Status Epilepticus

Chapter 17.   Acute Spinal Cord Injury

Chapter 18.   Cerebrovascular Accidents

Chapter 19.   Cardiac Disease

Chapter 20.   Thromboembolic Disease

Chapter 21.   Etiology and Management of Hemorrhage

Chapter 22.   Severe Acute Asthma

Chapter 23.   Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome and Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

Chapter 24.   Pulmonary Edema

Chapter 25.   The Acute Abdomen

Chapter 26.   Acute Pancreatitis

Chapter 27.   Acute Renal Failure

Chapter 28.   Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy

Chapter 29.   Sickle-Cell Crisis

Chapter 30.   Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy

Chapter 31.   Thrombotic Microangiopathies

Chapter 32.   Endocrine Emergencies

Chapter 33.   Complications of Preeclampsia

Chapter 34.   Anaphylactoid Syndrome of Pregnancy (Amniotic Fluid Embolism)

Chapter 35.   Systemic Lupus Erythematosus and the Antiphospholipid Syndrome

Chapter 36.   Trauma in Pregnancy

Chapter 37.   Thermal and Electrical Injury

Chapter 38.   Overdose, Poisoning, and Envenomation

Chapter 39.   Hypovolemic and Cardiac Shock

Chapter 40.   Septic Shock

Chapter 41.   Anaphylactic Shock

Part V:  Special Considerations

Chapter 42.   Fetal Considerations in the Critically Ill Gravida

Chapter 43.   Fetal Effects of Drugs Commonly Used in Critical Care

Chapter 44.   Anesthesia for the Critically Ill Parturient with Cardiac Disease and Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension

Chapter 45.   The Organ Transplant Obstetric Patient

Chapter 46.   Ethics in the Obstetric Critical Care Setting

Appendix 1:  Physiologic Tables and Formulas

Appendix 2:  Drugs, Devices, and Fluid Therapy