Publications by authors named "Kristen M Kidson"
Article Synopsis
- - Maternal cardiovascular disease is a significant cause of maternal mortality worldwide, and the rates of deaths due to these conditions have recently risen, especially among critically ill pregnant patients.
- - Managing critically ill pregnant women requires a comprehensive understanding of the unique physiological changes during pregnancy, as well as the specific disease processes that can arise or worsen during this time.
- - The text outlines the cardiorespiratory changes experienced in pregnancy, discusses possible causes of cardiorespiratory failure, and emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary approach to ensure proper care for pregnant cardiac patients in critical settings.
Current liver transplantation societies recommend recipients with active coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) be deferred from transplantation for at least 2 wks, have symptom resolution and at least 1 negative severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) test. This approach does not address patients who require urgent transplantation and will otherwise die from liver failure. We report a successful orthotopic liver transplant (OLT) in a patient with active COVID-19 infection.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: Case fatality in pregnancy-associated severe sepsis or septic shock appears reduced compared with nonpregnant women with severe sepsis or septic shock. It remains unclear if this difference is due to pregnancy or better baseline health status, among others. Our study compared adverse outcomes of pregnancy-associated severe sepsis or septic shock with nonpregnant women with severe sepsis or septic shock while controlling for age and chronic comorbidities.
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