The Kidney of the Critically Ill Pregnant Woman
- 1st Edition - November 1, 2024
- Editors: Jorge Hidalgo, Carlos Montufar, Javier Perez-Fernandez
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 4 7 3 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 4 7 4 - 5
The Kidney of the Critically Ill Pregnant Woman is a volume in the Critical Care in Obstetrics series. It’s a novel reference to educate physicians, nurses, and all allied healthca… Read more
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Request a sales quoteThe Kidney of the Critically Ill Pregnant Woman is a volume in the Critical Care in Obstetrics series. It’s a novel reference to educate physicians, nurses, and all allied healthcare personnel caring for pregnant women with kidney compromise. The authors have gathered the best evidence-based material explicitly focused on severe kidney complications in pregnant patients and postpartum. Among the chapters, the book covers medical-surgical complications that any patient can present, such as acute kidney injury during pregnancy, kidney disease, and hypertension complications specific to pregnancy.
- Includes obstetric concepts with updated knowledge of pathophysiology of the kidney during pregnancy
- Offers best practice approaches and interventions regarding including kidney transplant
- Explores the use of and effects of drugs in the pregnant patient and renal replacement therapy
- Written by authors with extensive clinical experience in critical obstetric care
Critical Obstetrics Sub Specialist Physicians, Specialists in Anesthesiology, Internal Medicine Specialists, Resident Physicians of the aforementioned specialties, Medical students of medicine, 60 % Sub specialists, 20 % Specialists, 20 % Residents and Students, Students/Clinicians
1. Pregnancy-Induce Kidney Physiological alterations
2. Prenatal Care, risk assement and counseling
3. Drugs in Women with Renal Diseases
4. Signs and Symptoms of a Kidney Disease
5. Nutrition in pregnancy with Kidney Disease
6. Fluids mangement in the Critically Ill pregnant patient
7. Acute Kideney Injury in Pregnancy
8. Pre- Eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome
9. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
10. obstructive Uropathy and Nephrolithiasis
11. Urinary Tract Infection and Acute Pyeoloneprhitiasis
12. Lupus Nephritis and Pregnancy
13. Pregnancy in the Kidney Transplant Recipient
14. Pregnancy with pre-existing Kidney disease
15. Hypertension in Pregnancy
16. Glomerular Disease in Pregnancy
17. Renal Biopsys during pregnancy
18. Renal Replacement Therapy during pregnancy
19. CRRT during Pregnancy
20. Chronic Kidney Disease during pregnancy
21. Pregnancy on a Patient on Dialysis
2. Prenatal Care, risk assement and counseling
3. Drugs in Women with Renal Diseases
4. Signs and Symptoms of a Kidney Disease
5. Nutrition in pregnancy with Kidney Disease
6. Fluids mangement in the Critically Ill pregnant patient
7. Acute Kideney Injury in Pregnancy
8. Pre- Eclampsia and HELLP Syndrome
9. Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
10. obstructive Uropathy and Nephrolithiasis
11. Urinary Tract Infection and Acute Pyeoloneprhitiasis
12. Lupus Nephritis and Pregnancy
13. Pregnancy in the Kidney Transplant Recipient
14. Pregnancy with pre-existing Kidney disease
15. Hypertension in Pregnancy
16. Glomerular Disease in Pregnancy
17. Renal Biopsys during pregnancy
18. Renal Replacement Therapy during pregnancy
19. CRRT during Pregnancy
20. Chronic Kidney Disease during pregnancy
21. Pregnancy on a Patient on Dialysis
- No. of pages: 460
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 1, 2024
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Hardback ISBN: 9780443214738
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Jorge Hidalgo
Dr. Jorge Hidalgo is a Professor of Critical Care and the Head of the Division of Critical Care at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize, Central America. He is the President Elect of the World Federation of Societies of Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. He has won several awards with the highest recognition and the Director of the very prestigious ACP Review Course hosted by the Paraguay Society of Internal Medicine. Due to his outstanding contribution to the Society of Critical Care Medicine he received the Presidential Citation Award. And Global Safar Award, becoming the First Latin American Intensivist to get this Nomination. He is involved in numerous congresses and a well-recognized international speaker.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor and Head, Division of Critical care, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize, Central AmericaCM
Carlos Montufar
Dr. Carlos Montufar is the Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit of the "Dr. Arnulfo Arias M." Hospital Complex in Panama City, Panama. He is the creator and National Director of the Fellowship Program in Critical Care Obstetrics in Panama. He has written chapters in different texts on the subject of obstetric complications and obstetric intensive care. In addition, he has participated in clinical research studies, publishing papers in different International Medical Journals. Dr. Montufar had an important participation in the creation and structuring of the Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics course, endorsed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). He is a member of SCCM, and is designated as the International Ambassador of Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Dr. Montufar has participated in countless international conferences as an exhibitor from 1997 to date.
Affiliations and expertise
Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Arnulfo Arias M Hospital Complex, Panama City, PanamaJP
Javier Perez-Fernandez
Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez serves as Medical Director of the Critical Care Services at Baptist Hospital of Miami. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Professor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Larkin University, Miami-Dade Florida. He is the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Intensive Care.
Dr. Perez-Fernandez manages a large group of critical care physicians, South Florida Critical Care Services, overseeing the operations of seven ICUs with over 350 beds. He has been a regional and national recognized leader during the COVID-19 pandemic with multiple TV and media appearances and consulting services for several national and international organizations. He has been directly involved in the development of Rapid Response Teams, technology implementation and “open ICU” models. He has lectured worldwide and author of many original publications with the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
Affiliations and expertise
Medical Director, Critical Care Services Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida, USA