Learning objectives List common causes of respiratory distress. Describe evaluation and management of respiratory distress. Signs of Increased Work of Breathing Retractions and use of accessory muscles of respiration Inability to talk in full sentences Long pauses between sentences Orthopnea…
Learning objectives Describe principles of Basic Life Support. Describe principles of Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support as they relate to pregnancy. The goal of this chapter is to highlight pregnancy-related pearls with regards to maternal resuscitation. This section presupposes knowledge of…
Learning Objectives Understand the basic steps of resuscitation of a newborn per Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) guidelines. Anticipate the needs of a preterm infant at delivery and review the management of a preterm infant in the delivery room. List effective…
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Minimally invasive surgery has consistently been found to reduce complications compared with open surgery. For patients undergoing a variety of gynecologic procedures, minimally invasive surgery also results in equivalent primary procedural outcomes (e.g., survival outcomes after surgical staging of endometrial…
Surgery remains the mainstay of gynecologic cancer treatment, including radical hysterectomy, trachelectomy, and ovarian cancer cytoreduction. Historically, these procedures were performed through a large abdominal incision and were associated with prolonged hospitalization and significant morbidity. With advances in minimally invasive…
The use of laparoscopy has been implemented in the management of adnexal masses since the late 1970s. However, laparoscopy became more popular in gynecologic oncology after Daniel Dargent first described the use of this technique to evaluate pelvic lymph nodes…
Acknowledgment Elsevier previously published a portion of the content in this chapter (Boruta DM. Laparoendoscopic single-site surgery in gynecologic oncology: an update. Gynecol Oncol. 2016;141:616–623). Laparoscopy is the surgical approach of choice for many gynecologic oncology procedures. Reduced morbidity, shorter…
Radiation therapy has been a predominant treatment option for cervical cancer since Marie Curie discovered radium. Radiation therapy is the primary treatment for locally advanced cervical cancer, vulvar carcinoma, and vaginal carcinoma. It is used in the postoperative setting to…