The Kidney of the Critically Ill Pregnant Woman is a volume in the Critical Care in Obstetrics series. It’s a novel reference to educate physicians, nurses, and all allied healthcare personnel caring for pregnant women with kidney compromise. The authors have gathered the best evidence-based material explicitly focused on severe kidney complications in pregnant patients and postpartum. Among the chapters, the book covers medical-surgical complications that any patient can present, such as acute kidney injury during pregnancy, kidney disease, and hypertension complications specific to pregnancy.
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Table of Contents
1. Pregnancy-induce kidney physiological alterations2. Prenatal care, risk assessment and counseling
3. Signs and symptoms of kidney disease in the critically ill pregnant patient
4. Nutrition in pregnant women with renal involvement
5. Fluid management in critically ill pregnant patient
6. Acute kidney injury and pregnancy
7. Preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome
8. Hemolytic uremic syndrome in pregnancy
9. Urinary tract infection and acute pyelonephritis in pregnancy
10. Lupus nephritis and pregnancy
11. Pregnancy with preexisting kidney disease
12. Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy
13. Glomerular diseases in pregnancy
14. Renal biopsies during pregnancy
15. Approach to glomerular diseases in pregnancy
16. Continuous renal replacement therapy and pregnancy
17. Pregnancy and chronic kidney disease
18. Pregnancy in kidney transplant patients: Considerations and management
Authors
Jorge Hidalgo Professor and Head, Division of Critical care, Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital, Belize, Central America. Dr. Jorge Hidalgo is a Professor of Critical Care and the Head of the Division of Critical Care at Karl Heusner Memorial Hospital in Belize, Central America. He is the President Elect of the World Federation of Societies of Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine. He has won several awards with the highest recognition and the Director of the very prestigious ACP Review Course hosted by the Paraguay Society of Internal Medicine. Due to his outstanding contribution to the Society of Critical Care Medicine he received the Presidential Citation Award. And Global Safar Award, becoming the First Latin American Intensivist to get this Nomination. He is involved in numerous congresses and a well-recognized international speaker. Carlos Montufar Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Arnulfo Arias M Hospital Complex, Panama City, Panama. Dr. Carlos Montufar is the Head of the Obstetrics Intensive Care Unit of the "Dr. Arnulfo Arias M." Hospital Complex in Panama City, Panama. He is the creator and National Director of the Fellowship Program in Critical Care Obstetrics in Panama. He has written chapters in different texts on the subject of obstetric complications and obstetric intensive care. In addition, he has participated in clinical research studies, publishing papers in different International Medical Journals. Dr. Montufar had an important participation in the creation and structuring of the Fundamental Critical Care Support: Obstetrics course, endorsed by the Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM). He is a member of SCCM, and is designated as the International Ambassador of Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Dr. Montufar has participated in countless international conferences as an exhibitor from 1997 to date. Javier Perez-Fernandez Medical Director, Critical Care Services Baptist Hospital of Miami, Florida, USA. Dr. Javier Perez-Fernandez serves as Medical Director of the Critical Care Services at Baptist Hospital of Miami. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Florida International University, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine and Professor Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Larkin University, Miami-Dade Florida. He is the Secretary-General of the World Federation of Intensive Care.Dr. Perez-Fernandez manages a large group of critical care physicians, South Florida Critical Care Services, overseeing the operations of seven ICUs with over 350 beds. He has been a regional and national recognized leader during the COVID-19 pandemic with multiple TV and media appearances and consulting services for several national and international organizations. He has been directly involved in the development of Rapid Response Teams, technology implementation and "open ICU� models. He has lectured worldwide and author of many original publications with the Society of Critical Care Medicine.
