Obstetric Emergencies

Gynecology and Obstetrics · Clinical Specialties

How it begins

Reconocimiento, estratificación y manejo sistemático de las emergencias que amenazan la vida materna y fetal: del diagnóstico semiológico inmediato a la intervención que salva vidas.

What it covers

1. Principles of Obstetric Emergency
2. · The Concept of "Obstetric Code" and Rapid Activation
3. · General principles of action
4. antepartum hemorrhage
5. · 1.1 Placenta Previa
6. · 1.2 Premature Abruptio Placenta Normoinserta (DPPNI / Abruptio Placentae)
7. · 1.3 Rupture of Vasa prior
8. · 1.4 Differential diagnosis of second half hemorrhage
9. Postpartum Hemorrhage (PPH)
10. · 2.1 Etiology: the "4 T" Rule
11. · 2.2 Clinical Evaluation and Quantification of Loss
12. · 2.3 Stepwise Management of Uterine Atony
13. · 2.4 Uterine Inversion
14. · 2.5 Prevention of postpartum hemorrhage
15. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy: Eclampsia
16. · 3.1 Classification of Hypertensive Disorders
17. · 3.2 Eclampsia: Recognition and Immediate Management
18. · 3.3 HELLP syndrome
19. Dystocias and Birth Emergencies
20. · 4.1 Shoulder Dystocia
21. · 4.2 Breech Birth and Anomalous Presentations
22. Umbilical Cord Prolapse
23. Uterine Rupture
24. Amniotic Fluid Embolism
25. Obstetric Sepsis and Chorioamnionitis
26. · 8.1 Chorioamnionitis
27. · 8.2 Puerperal Sepsis / Postpartum Endometritis
28. · 8.3 Septic Abortion
29. · 8.4 Management of maternal sepsis ("golden hour")
30. Medical Emergencies in Pregnancy
31. · 9.1 Pulmonary Thromboembolism (PTE)
32. · 9.2 Thyrotoxic Crisis in Pregnancy
33. · 9.3 Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) in Pregnancy
34. · 9.4 Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (HGAE)
35. Trauma in Pregnancy
36. Maternal Cardiac Arrest and Perimortem Cesarean Section
37. · 11.1 Specific Causes of Maternal Cardiac Arrest (BEAU-CHOPS)
38. · 11.2 Modifications of CPR in the Pregnant Woman
39. Venous Thromboembolic Disease
40. · 12.1 Pathophysiological bases
41. · 12.2 Deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
42. · 12.3 Treatment and prophylaxis
43. Management of the Eclamptic Crisis
44. · 13.1 Immediate priorities
45. Emergency Integration Panel