Fig. 1.1 Cardiac output in pregnancy. Increase in cardiac output, stroke volume , and heart rate from the nonpregnant state throughout pregnancy (From Gabbe [17]. Reprinted with permission from Elsevier)…
Category Fine range Did not know of breach $100–50,000 Had reasonable cause to know $1000–50,000 Willful neglect, corrected $10,000–50,000 Willful neglect, not corrected $50,000 Informed Consent Informed consent is a…
The Four H’s of surgery on pregnant patients: 1. Prevent maternal hypotension 2. Prevent maternal hypoglycemia 3. Prevent maternal hypothermia 4. Prevent maternal hypoxia The patient should be positioned in…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Peter Bogach Greenspan (ed.)The Diagnosis and Management of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62283-5_13 13. Postoperative Care Issues Peter Bogach Greenspan1, 2 (1) Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Missouri…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Peter Bogach Greenspan (ed.)The Diagnosis and Management of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62283-5_10 10. Trauma During Pregnancy Stanley M. Augustin1 , Maxwell Almenoff2 and Aaron Sparks2 (1) Department of Surgery, University of Missouri…
Fig. 8.1 Causes of abdominal pain (© 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. www.netterimages.com. Used with permission) Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease Background In the nongravid patient, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) affects…
© Springer International Publishing AG 2018Peter Bogach Greenspan (ed.)The Diagnosis and Management of the Acute Abdomen in Pregnancy https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62283-5_3 3. General Principles in the Diagnosis of the Acute Abdomen Peter Bogach Greenspan1, 2 (1) Department of…
Nonpregnant adult First trimester Second trimester Third trimester Hematology Hemoglobin (g/dL) 12–15.8 11.6–13.9 9.7–14.8 9.5–15.0 Hematocrit (%) 35.4–44.4 31.0–41.0 30.0–39.0 28.0–40.0 Mean corpuscular hemoglobin (pg/cell) 27–32 30–32 30–33 29–32…
Fig. 1 Kidney rest positioning Port Positioning, Docking, and Instrumentation The ports are positioned with the established principles of triangulation similar to conventional LVHR (Fig. 2). It is important to…
Final port position for a LLQ hernia Instrumentation For right-handed surgeons, a da Vinci (dV) prograsp (or fenestrated bipolar) is placed in arm #2, 12 mm 30° up camera in…
