This book informs the multidisciplinary team (including maternity staff, obstetricians and materno-foetal medicine specialists) which counsel parents expecting a foetus at risk. It contains concise chapters contributed by numerous neonatal specialists in Australia. It is also useful to Midwifery, Nursing and Allied Health staff that care for mothers and babies. The chapters cover the most common reasons for an antenatal consultation. This will range from the baby that is threatening to deliver prematurely or is severely growth restricted to those with significant abnormalities such as congenital heart disease, spina bifida or gastroschisis, etc. This handbook deals with the issues presented in a concise manner. Material is suitable for all multidisciplinary clinical markets. Definitions of pathologies and conditions provided in each chapter. Strengths with possible “problems expected at birth with advice on how to manage them are presented. Logical outline of management.
Familiarize yourself with the referral criteria submitted by your local maternity hospital.
A guide to the practical approach of managing high-risk pregnancies, this book combines care pathways, factfiles, and patient information leaflets into in one volume.
Endorsed by the United Nations Secretary-General, this is a comprehensive WHO guideline on routine antenatal care for pregnant women and adolescent girls.
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... mortality and morbidity at most gestations.29 However, despite these improved outcomes in the periviable period, significant neonatal morbidity and mortality still exist. When delivery is anticipated in this gestational age window, ...
Probably the most helpful tissue oxygen parameter is lactate.39 Elevated lactate levels clearly indicate a threat to tissue oxygenation in patients with sepsis ... In patients with poor perfusion, lactate levels can take time to change.
This guide provides a full range of updated, evidence-based norms and standards that will enable health care providers to give high quality care during pregnancy, delivery and in the postpartum period, considering the needs of the mother ...
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