3. It’s hard to imagine in this day and age that being pregnant
and giving birth can result in life-threatening complications.
However, this is the reality for over 60,000 women in the
United States each year.
About 2,000 women die and some are left with lasting and
life-changing issues.
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4. Not all complications related to pregnancy and childbirth are
preventable, but some , like
Sepsis
may be avoided with increased
sepsis awareness and quick recognition and
treatment of infections
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11. The New WHO Definition Of Maternal Sepsis
Maternal sepsis is a life-threatening condition
defined as organ dysfunction resulting from
infection during pregnancy, childbirth, post-
abortion, or postpartum period
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13. Maternal sepsis is the underlying cause of 11% of all
maternal deaths
The effective prevention, early identification and adequate
management of maternal and neonatal infections and sepsis
can contribute to reducing the burden of infection as an
underlying and contributing cause of morbidity and mortality
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15. Sepsis-3 had limitations with regards to identifying sepsis
related to pregnancy and childbirth
Normal physiologic changes of pregnancy (hyperdynamic
circulation, tachycardia, diminished oxygen reserve,
hypercoagulability) overlap with dysregulated host response
to infection and further challenge the identification of
infections during pregnancy and early puerperium
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16. Identify women
at risk of
developing
complications
Clinical
Laboratory
Management
indicators (e.g.
early warning
systems)
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19. Maternal Clinical Findings
• Temperature instability (higher than 38.0 °C or lower than 36.0 °C)
• Tachycardia (HR greater than 110) , Tachypnea (RR greater than 24)
• O2 saturation, PaO2/FiO2
• Diaphoresis
• Nausea or vomiting
• Hypotension or shock , Decrease capillarity refill, clammy or mottled skin
• Oliguria or anuria
• Pain (location based on site of infection)
• Altered mental state
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20. Identify women
at risk of
developing
complications
Clinical
Laboratory
Management
indicators (e.g.
early warning
systems)
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21. Maternal Laboratory Findings
• Leucocytosis or leukopenia, immature neutrophils
• Positive culture from infection site or blood
• Hypoxemia
• Thrombocytopenia, INR, PTT , DIC
• Metabolic acidosis
• Hypoperfusion, increased serum lactate
• Elevated serum creatinine and urea
• Elevated liver enzymes, bilirubin
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26. “The best possible care of critically ill patients can be
rendered when physicians of various specialties,
nurses, and allied health professionals join forces and
treat problems together”
Ake Grenvik, MD (1974)
(one of the true creators of
multi-disciplinary critical care medicine)
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28. Identify women
at risk of
developing
complications
Clinical
Laboratory
Management
indicators (e.g.
early warning
systems)
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32. Open intensive care unit model
Patients are admitted under the care of an internist,
family physician, surgeon, or any other primary
attending physician, with the intensivists being available
to provide their expertise via elective consultation
The patient's primary physician determines the need for
ICU admission and discharge.
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33. Closed intensive care unit model
All patients admitted to the ICU are cared for by an
intensivist-led team that is responsible for making
clinical decisions.
The admissions and discharges are controlled by an
on-site ICU physician in most closed ICU models.
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34. Hybrid or transitional ICU or semi-closed ICU
Semi-closed ICU is one in which critical care team provides direct
patient care in collaboration with other 'privileged' physicians, who are
also allowed to write orders.
In this model, the primary treating physicians are not a part of the ICU
team, but remain actively involved in their patients' care.
Many surgical , maternal and cardiothoracic ICUs maintain this model.
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