Critical Care Obstetrics part 42

Critical Care Obstetrics part 42 provides expert clinical guidance throughout on how you can maximize the chances of your patient and her baby surviving trauma. In this stimulating text, internationally recognized experts guide you through the most challenging situations you as an obstetrician are likely to face, enabling you to skillfully:Recognize conditions early-on which might prove life threatening, Implement immediate life-saving treatments in emergency situations, Maximize the survival prospects of both the mother and her fetus | Sickle Cell Crisis 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Mentzer WC Jr Wang WC. Sickle-cell disease pathophysiology and diagnosis. Pediatr Ann 1980 9 8 287-296. Stark P Pfeiffer WR. Intrathoracic manifestations of sickle cell disease. Radiology 1985 25 33-35. Cunningham FG Hauth JC Leveno KJ et al. Williams Obstetrics. Stamford CT McGraw-Hill 2005. Klings ES Wyszynski DF Nolan VG Steinberg MH. Abnormal pulmonary function in adults with sickle cell anemia. Am J Respir Care Med 2006 173 1264-1269. Castro O Gladwin M. Pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease mechanisms diagnosis and management. Hematol Oncol Clin North Am 2005 19 5 881-896. Derchi G Formi GL Formisano F et al. Efficacy and safety of sildenafil in the treatment of severe pulmonary hypertension in patients with hemoglobinopathies. Haematologica 2005 90 452-458. Morris CR Morris SM Jr Hagar W et al. Arginine therapy a new treatment for pulmonary hypertension in sickle cell disease Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2003 168 63-69. Reiter CD Gladwin MT. An emerging role for nitric oxide in sickle cell disease vascular homeostasis and therapy. Erythroid system and its diseases. Curr Opin Haematol 2003 10 2 99-107. Ratto D Balmes J Boylen T Sharma OP. Pregnancy in a woman with severe pulmonary fibrosis secondary to hard metal disease. Chest 1988 93 663-665. Sharma CP Aggarwal AN Vashisht K Jindal SK. Successful outcome of pregnancy in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. J Assoc Physicians India 2002 50 1446-1448. Schmitt F Martinez F Brillet G et al. Early glomerular dysfunction in patients with sickle cell anemia. Am J Kidney Dis 1998 32 208-214. Pham PT Pham PC Wilkinson AH Lew SQ. Renal abnormalities in sickle cell disease. Kidney Int 2000 57 1-8. Anyaegbunum A Morel M Merkatz IR. Antepartum fetal surveillance tests during sickle cell crisis. Am J Obstet Gynecol 1991 165 4Pt1 1081-1083. Vichinsky EP Neumayr LD Earles AN et al. Causes and outcomes of the acute chest syndrome in sickle cell disease.