Antepartum Complications of Pregnancy

Abstract

Pregnancy presents unique considerations and challenges to the critical care provider, including the physiologic adaptations to the pregnant state, recruitment and collaboration with a multidisciplinary care team, determination of fetal status, preparing for and managing cardiac arrest in pregnancy, and evaluation and management of diseases unique to pregnancy (including preeclampsia and acute fatty liver of pregnancy). This review contains 48 references, and 4 tables. Key words: acute fatty liver of pregnancy, maternal cardiac arrest, perimortem cesarean section, preeclampsia, pregnancy