Respiratory Critical Illness During Pregnancy

Respiratory Critical Illness During Pregnancy: Critical Care in Obstetrics is a volume in the Critical Care Obstetrics series. It’s a novel reference to educate physicians, nurses, and all allied healthcare personnel caring for pregnant women with various health compromises specific to respiratory complications. The chapters reflect the growing scope of critical care obstetrics and the increasing importance and recognition of the hospital structure's field. All intensivists, regardless of primary discipline, must possess a core set of critical care skills that allow them to manage critically ill patients. The authors have gathered the best evidence-based material explicitly focused on respiratory scenarios. This volume presents the most common respiratory complications that any patient can present during pregnancy such as Asthma, Pulmonary Hypertension and Infection, Cystic Fibrosis, Sleep Disorders, Respiratory failure and more.