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 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
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Elsevier Science & Techn.
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978-0-443-21474-5 (9780443214745)
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1. Pregnancy-induce kidney physiological alterations2. Prenatal care, risk assessment and counseling3. Signs and symptoms of kidney disease in the critically ill pregnant patient4. Nutrition in pregnant women with renal involvement5. Fluid management in critically ill pregnant patient6. Acute kidney injury and pregnancy7. Preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome8. Hemolytic uremic syndrome in pregnancy9. Urinary tract infection and acute pyelonephritis in pregnancy10. Lupus nephritis and pregnancy11. Pregnancy with preexisting kidney disease12. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy13. Glomerular diseases in pregnancy14. Renal biopsies during pregnancy15. Approach to glomerular diseases in pregnancy16. Continuous renal replacement therapy and pregnancy17. Pregnancy and chronic kidney disease18. Pregnancy in kidney transplant patients: Considerations and management
