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This knowledge area provides information identifying the issues that face the pregnant patient while in the critical care setting.

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Amniotic fluid embolism: A diagnostic dilemma*

Critical Care Medicine: Volume:40 Issue:7, PP 2236-2237

Diagnostic accuracy of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1 for amniotic fluid embolism*

Critical Care Medicine: Volume:40 Issue:7, PP 2059-2063

Factors influencing changes in surgical intensive care unit utilization

Cardiac arrest in pregnancy and somatic support after brain death

Exacerbation of underlying pulmonary disease in pregnancy

Cardiopulmonary complications of pregnancy

Failure of neutrophil chemotactic function in septic patients*

Effects of the inspiratory pressure waveform during patient-triggered ventilation on pulmonary stretch receptor and phrenic nerve activity in cats

Endocrinologic response to vasopressin infusion in advanced vasodilatory shock *

Effects of nitric oxide on hyperinflation-induced pulmonary hypertension in the isolated-perfused lung

Diabetic ketoacidosis in pregnancy

Extended somatic support for pregnant women after brain death

Comparison of self, nurse, and physician assessment of residents rotating through an intensive care unit

Amniotic fluid embolism

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Critical illness in pregnancy: An overview

Children of the intensive care unit *

Eric C. Rackow, MD, FCCM

Critically Ill Obstetrical Patients: Outcome and Predictability

Credentialing for critical care in small hospitals

Disruption of Phosphodiesterase 4D: Impact Upon Murine Cardiac Contraction Rate.: 192-S

Journal – Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
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The influence of timing of elective cesarean section on neonatal resuscitation risk

Histologic chorioamnionitis and severity of illness in very low birth weight newborns

Physician assistants as physician extenders in the pediatric intensive care unit setting-A 5-year experience

Acute subdural hematoma after caesarean section: A case report

Learning in patient-based education sessions: A prospective evaluation*

Glial fibrillary acidic protein as a brain injury biomarker in children undergoing extracorporeal membrane oxygenation

What have we learned about randomized, controlled trials in neonatal sepsis?

Chorioamnionitis, Cytokines in the Umbilical Cord Blood and Early Neonatal Sepsis in Premature Infants

Articles and Research: 3 total

Pregnancy in the ICU: Drug Implications

Pregnancy in the ICU: Drug Implications was published in the August 2010 issue of Critical Connectio

Laparoscopy and the Pregnant Patient

Laparoscopy and the Pregnant Patient was published in the August 2010 issue of Critical Connections.

Care of the Critically Ill Parturient: Easy as ABCDE

Care of the Critically Ill Parturient: Easy as ABCDE was published in the August 2010 issue of Criti

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Obstetrical Emergencies

Excerpt from the 2010 MCCBRC Adult Conference. This course is designed as a comprehensive review in

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Pediatric Multiprofessional Critical Care Board Review Course (MCCBRC) On Demand

Pediatric MCCBRC is a comprehensive review of the current state of critical care medicine that prepa

Adult Multiprofessional Critical Care Board Review Course (MCCBRC) On Demand

Adult MCCBRC is a comprehensive review of the current state of critical care medicine that prepares

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Which of the following statements about preeclampsia is true?

A. Abruptio placentae is the most common cause of maternal death.
B. Preeclampsia does not need to be present for eclampsia to be diagnosed.
C. Aggressive treatment should be initiated with systolic blood pressure of <120 mm Hg and diastolic blood pressure of <80 mm Hg as goals.
D. The best treatment is delivery of the fetus as close to 32 weeks’ gestation as possible to prevent the development of eclampsia.

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