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30. Obstetric emergencies

Auteurs : Dr. Kim Verdurmen, Dr. Eline van den Akker, Dr. Annemarie Fransen, Martijn de Voogd, MSc, Dr. Gerrit-Jan Noordergraaf, Prof. dr. Guid Oei, Dr. Jan Erkamp, Dr. Jérôme Cornette

Gepubliceerd in: Textbook of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Uitgeverij: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum

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Summary

Emergencies can occur during pregnancy, childbirth or postpartum, and they can endanger the health of both mothers and their babies. This may result in maternal and/or perinatal mortality or severe morbidity. Adequate management is essential and can substantially improve outcomes for both mother and child. The structured method for assessing critically ill patients consists of a primary and secondary survey. The primary survey follows the ABCDE approach, which is based on the ‘treat first what kills first’ principle. This uniform approach enables the systematic and timely assessment of potential life-threatening conditions during an emergency and facilitates communication between different caregivers. In this chapter, we describe several obstetric emergencies and provide a structured proposal for the management of these emergencies.
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Woordenlijst
ABCDE-approach
The ABCDE approach is an almost universally applicable strategy for the initial assessment and resuscitation of critically ill patients. Systems are evaluated and managed simultaneously in the order of their potential threat to the patient’s survival: airway, breathing, circulation, disability and exposure.
Diabetic ketoacidosis
A life-threatening problem that affects people with diabetes. DKA develops when your body does not have enough insulin to allow blood sugar into your cells for use as energy. Anaerobic metabolism causes the blood to become acidic.
Drug toxicity
Formally defined as “a diverse array of adverse effects which are brought about through drug use at either therapeutic or non-therapeutic doses.”
Eclampsia
A severe complication of preeclampsia. It is a rare but serious condition characterised by tonic-clonic convulsions (seizures) during pregnancy or postpartum. It is associated with morbidity and mortality of both the mother and foetus.
Maternal mortality rate
A maternal death is defined by the World Health Organization as “the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy, irrespective of the duration and the site of the pregnancy, from any cause related to or aggravated by the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.”
Maternal sepsis
A life-threatening condition, where there is organ failure due to an infection during pregnancy, childbirth, post abortion or postpartum.
Perimortem caesarean section
The surgical delivery of the foetus, performed during the cardiac arrest of the mother primarily in order to facilitate return of spontaneous circulation. It is also called a ‘resuscitative caesarean section’ as it is performed for this purpose.
Preeclampsia
A combination of high blood pressure with proteinuria, maternal organ dysfunction or uteroplacental dysfunction.
Respiratory failure
Results from inadequate gas exchange by the respiratory system, meaning that the arterial oxygen, carbon dioxide or both cannot be kept at normal levels.
Shoulder dystocia
A complication of vaginal delivery in which the baby’s shoulder is stuck above the mother’s pubic bone. It is characterised by failure to deliver the foetal shoulders using just gentle downward traction, the need for additional delivery manoeuvres to deliver the baby successfully and/or a documented head-to-body interval of greater than one minute.
Symphysiotomy
A surgical division of the fibres of the pubic symphysis to allow separation of the joint and enlargement of the pelvic dimensions during childbirth.
Prolapse of the umbilical cord
A loop of the cord descends through the cervical ostium into the vagina before the foetal presenting part. Compression of the cord between the foetal presenting part and the pelvis and vasoconstriction compromises foetal oxygenation.
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Metagegevens
Titel
Obstetric emergencies
Auteurs
Dr. Kim Verdurmen
Dr. Eline van den Akker
Dr. Annemarie Fransen
Martijn de Voogd, MSc
Dr. Gerrit-Jan Noordergraaf
Prof. dr. Guid Oei
Dr. Jan Erkamp
Dr. Jérôme Cornette
Copyright
2024
Uitgeverij
Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-368-2994-6_30