Critical Heart Condition During Pregnancy: Critical Care Obstetrics

by Jorge Hidalgo MD, MACP, MCCM, FCCP (Editor), Carlos Montufar-Rueda MD (Editor), Javier Perez-Fernandez MD (Editor)

Overview

Critical Heart Condition During Pregnancy, a volume in the Critical Care Obstetrics series, provides a novel reference to educate physicians, nurses, and all allied healthcare personnel caring for pregnant women with various health compromises specific to cardiac complications. The book's 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 cardiac scenarios.

This volume presents cardiac medical-surgical complications that any patient can present during and post-partem, such as Arrhythmias, Endocarditis, Cardiogenic Shock, heart failure, and more.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780443220081
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/22/2024
Series:	Critical Care in Obstetrics
Pages:	282
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

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.

Dr. Carlos Montufar-Rueda 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-Rueda 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-Rueda has participated in countless international conferences as an exhibitor from 1997 to date.

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.

Table of Contents

1. The cardio-obstetric team
2. Pregnancy induced heart physiological alteration
3. Critical heart condition during pregnancy
4. Anesthesia and analgesia for the critically ill obstetric patient with cardiac disease
5. Anticoagulation in pregnancy
6. Pregnancy and valvular heart disease
7. Adult congenital heart disease in pregnancy
8. Peripartum cardiomyopathy
9. Acute coronary syndrome during pregnancy
10. Pulmonary hypertension in pregnancy
11. Arrythmias in pregnancy and management
12. Endocarditis in pregnancy
13. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in pregnancy
14. Cardiac surgery and pregnancy
15. Heart failure in pregnancy
16. Cardiovascular medications in critically ill pregnant patients
17. Cardiogenic shock in pregnancy
18. Obstetric challenges in Marfan syndrome: Critical care perspectives
19. Critical heart conditions during pregnancy
20. AI plays a crucial role in the diagnosis and prognosis cardio pregnant women

What People are Saying About This

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An evidence-based approach and balanced selection of the most commonly seen cardiac complications in pregnant women

Editorial Reviews

"...a hard bound book describing physiology and pathology associated with heart disease occurring during pregnancy…. a collection of evidence-based scenarios focused on cardiovascular changes which may present during pregnancy…. Physicians, nurses, physical and respiratory therapists, other allied health professionals, and the administrative team supporting obstetric care are an appropriate audience for this book. Specific skills valuable to the readership include exposure to cardiology, cardiovascular surgery and other heart care, along with heart imaging, and applications of cardiac physiology in the setting of pregnancy…. An attractive hard bound volume includes 20 chapters and 260 pages along with a detailed concluding subject index…. a worthy addition to the Critical Care in Obstetrics series. The illustrations, while limited in number, effectively complement the written text…. a unique and effective contribution to critical care literature related to a complex patient group." ©Doody's Review Service, 2025, David James Dries, MSE, MD (Regions Hospital)

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