Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

Obstetric bleeding

Obstetric bleeding - bleeding in the second half of pregnancy, during and after childbirth. Early postpartum haemorrhage - bleeding that occurred in the first 2 hours, late - more than 2 hours after childbirth.

Eclampsia

Eclampsia is the development of a convulsive attack, a series of convulsive seizures in women against gestosis in the absence of other causes that can cause a seizure.

Air embolism

Air embolism (VE) occurs due to ingress of air into the vessels of the lungs or a large circle of blood circulation (paradoxical embolism).

Pain in early pregnancy

Pain in early pregnancy, along with active body changes, frighten many women. "Rampage" of hormones leads to changes in appearance: in some, the hair on the head becomes more dense and silky, while in others, the reverse process is observed - brittleness, dullness, hair loss.

Hypoxia of the fetus and newborn

Fetal hypoxia, or oxygen starvation, is a pathological condition that occurs in the fetus and the newborn as a result of oxygen deficiency.

Emergency caesarean section

Emergency cesarean section is performed in the following cases: the emergence of a threat to the life of the child or mother, the need for early delivery of the fetus.

Angina in pregnancy

Sore throat during pregnancy, unfortunately, is diagnosed quite often, as the organism of the future mother is extremely vulnerable to various colds and infectious diseases.

Preeclampsia and high blood pressure

Arterial pressure indicates how the blood pressure on the walls of the arteries. If the head is too strong, the pressure rises (hypertension). If the pressure rises after 20 weeks of pregnancy, this may be a sign of pre-eclampsia.

Treatment of eclampsia

Treatment of eclampsia includes a set of the following therapeutic measures: assess the degree of patency of the respiratory tract, identify violations to eliminate; catheterize a vein, preferably central; to introduce magnesium sulfate.

Preeclampsia treatment

Radical treatment of preeclampsia is a rapid delivery, 48 hours after which the symptoms of the disease subsided. Up to this point it is important to correct arterial hypertension, shortage of BCC, violations of blood coagulation, and also to prevent and arrest seizures.

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