• Curr Opin Anaesthesiol · Jun 2016

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    Clinical 'Pearls' of maternal critical care: part I.

    • Vinod Patil, Michael Wong, and Dhuleep S Wijayatilake.
    • aDepartment of Anaesthesiology bQueen Mary University of London cDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology dDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Queen's Hospital, BHR NHS Trust, Romford, UK.
    • Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2016 Jun 1; 29 (3): 304-16.

    Purpose Of ReviewThis review outlines the challenges in looking after pregnant women with thromboembolism and sepsis who either become or are at risk of becoming critically ill during pregnancy.Recent FindingsThe Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance systems in both the USA and UK record the most common causes of maternal death as thromboembolism and sepsis. Both of these conditions have improved outcomes with timely maternal critical care provided by a multidisciplinary team.SummaryIn this review, we discuss the pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of thromboembolism and sepsis, two very important conditions with high mortality requiring admission to intensive care.

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