Critical Care Obstetrics - Hardcover

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Luis D. Pacheco, MD, is Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Anesthesiology and Division Chief of Obstetrics and Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston. He is board certified in critical care medicine.

Jeffrey P. Phelan, MD, is a Maternal-Fetal Medicine specialist and Obstetrician-Gynecologist in West Covina, California, and holds positions at multiple area hospitals. He has over 35 years of clinical experience in the practice of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and in the area of Critical Care OB. Of note, Dr. Phelan has served as an editor and author on all prior editions of Critical Care OB.

Torre L. Halscott MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and medical director of the Nelson Obsterical Clinic. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He is board certified in critical care medicine.

Leslie A. Moroz MD, MS, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Yale School of Medicine. She is board certified in critical care medicine.

Arthur J. Vaught, MD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Surgery. He is the Director of Labor and Delivery and of the Advanced Obstetric Surgery Center. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. He is board certified in critical care medicine.

Antonio F. Saad, Professor at the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Director of Perinatal Research Unit And MFM Fellowship, Inova Health, Inova Fairfax Medical Campus.

Amir A. Shamshirsaz, MD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Medicine, Texas Children’s Hospital/Pavillion for Women and Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center. He is board certified in critical care medicine.

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Improve medical outcomes for both mothers and children with this essential guide

For the first time in decades, maternal mortality rates are climbing in the United States. Factors including lack of access to prenatal care, un- or underinsured populations, rising rates of cardiovascular disease, and more combine to make pregnancy and childbirth more dangerous prospects. In this environment, the study of critical care obstetrics has never been more essential.

Critical Care Obstetrics, Seventh Edition a fully updated guide to the medical management of serious conditions in pregnancy and childbirth. Beginning with basic principles, it surveys the potential serious complications occurring in pregnancy and delivery and the techniques and procedures for maximizing patient outcomes for both pregnant people and fetuses. This clear, accessible text promises to continue the essential work of earlier editions.

Readers of the seventh edition of Critical Care Obstetrics will also find:

• Detailed protocols for implementing life-saving treatments in emergencies
• New chapters on topics including ECMO, antibiotics, and pneumonia
• Authorship by internationally renowned experts in emergency obstetrics

Critical Care Obstetrics is ideal for working clinical obstetricians and for trainees in obstetrics and gynecology.