TY - JOUR
T1 - Managing Maternal Sepsis
T2 - Early Warning Criteria to ECMO
AU - Padilla, Cesar
AU - Palanisamy, Arvind
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - Maternal sepsis is now a leading cause of direct maternal death during pregnancy. This review addresses the latest advances in the identification and management of critically ill parturients. Specifically, this review will focus on the vulnerability of pregnant women to sepsis, the utility of early warning criteria in the identification of the septic parturient, emphasize the immediate antibiotic management of suspected sepsis, and elaborate upon the latest understanding in the ventilatory management of parturients with sepsis.
AB - Maternal sepsis is now a leading cause of direct maternal death during pregnancy. This review addresses the latest advances in the identification and management of critically ill parturients. Specifically, this review will focus on the vulnerability of pregnant women to sepsis, the utility of early warning criteria in the identification of the septic parturient, emphasize the immediate antibiotic management of suspected sepsis, and elaborate upon the latest understanding in the ventilatory management of parturients with sepsis.
KW - ECMO in pregnancy
KW - SIRS
KW - early warning criteria
KW - maternal sepsis
KW - obstetric levels of care
KW - septic shock
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85009822264&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000269
DO - 10.1097/GRF.0000000000000269
M3 - Review article
C2 - 28098573
AN - SCOPUS:85009822264
SN - 0009-9201
VL - 60
SP - 418
EP - 424
JO - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
JF - Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
IS - 2
ER -