Publications by authors named "Christina H Kamper"
Article Synopsis
- Different resources help create guidelines for treating diseases and medical situations.
- The report looks at whether a new guideline for handling prelabor rupture of membranes was followed and if it helped patients.
- It checks if the guideline changed things like how long labor lasted, the use of antibiotics, and how many babies needed to go to the hospital or got infections.
Background: Pregnant diabetic patients are often required to self-measure their blood pressure in the waiting room before consultation. Currently used blood pressure devices do not guarantee valid measurements when used unsupervised. This could lead to misdiagnosis and treatment error.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAmniotic fluid embolism is a rare unpredictable complication of pregnancy with high maternal morbidity and mortality rates because of the risk of cardio-respiratory collapse and/or disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC). We here report a case of a patient who survived without any sequelae after two cardiac arrests and subsequent DIC due to amniotic fluid embolism during a caesarean section. Early consideration of the diagnosis after prompt resuscitation is needed to reduce morbidity and mortality.
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