Critical Care in Obstetrics 2015

At the end of this conference, attendees will understand the physiology of pregnancy, how pregnancy uniquely creates risk for mild and severe maternal complications and the care and treatment for multiple critical care conditions in pregnancy, including:

• hemorrhage, massive transfusion and placental abnormalities
• cardiac disease including postpartum cardiomyopathy, acute infarction, pulmonary hypertension and structural disease
• thromboembolic disease
• SIRS, sepsis and diabetic ketoacidosis
• ARDS and pulmonary edema
• preeclampsia and hypertensive crisis
• amniotic fluid embolism
• alterations to the ACLS and trauma protocols
• indications for and use of invasive monitoring