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Introducción: La insuficiencia respiratoria aguda durante el embarazo no es una causa frecuente de ingreso a la unidad de cuidados intensivos, pero sí puede generar alta mortalidad. Las adaptaciones que sufre el organismo en muchos de sus sistemas biológicos durante el embarazo, condicionan cambios en el diagnóstico y tratamiento de este trastorno en comparación con la población general. Objetivo: Realizar una revisión bibliográfica sobre el tema y resumir los principales aspectos fisiológicos a tener en cuenta por el personal de salud en contacto con esta población, con el fin de realizar un adecuado abordaje de los casos.

Colombian Consensus on the Treatment of Placenta Accreta Spectrum (PAS).

Introduction: Placenta accreta spectrum (PAS) is a condition associated with massive postpartum bleeding and maternal mortality. Management guidelines published in high income countries recommend the participation of interdisciplinary teams in hospitals with sufficient resources for performing complex procedures. However, some of the recommendations contained in those guidelines are difficult to implement in low and medium income countries.

[Pregnant woman with spontaneous coronary dissection successfully resurrected: case report].

Background: Spontaneous coronary dissection is a disruption of the arterial wall, with clinical manifestations ranging from unstable angina to sudden cardiac death. It is presented a case of an obstetric patient who is successfully resuscitated after a spontaneous coronary dissection.

Clinical Case: 37-year-old female patient with a 33-week pregnancy and a history of preeclampsia in the previous pregnancy.

Blood Pressure Changes in Adolescents with Preeclampsia: A Multicentre, Case-Control Study in Latin American Hospitals.

Objective: To determine the minimum blood pressure increases that would confirm or exclude, with the greatest predictive values, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP) in pregnant adolescents after 24 weeks gestation.

Methods: We conducted a case-control study of pregnant women aged ≤19 years with and without HDP. Using systolic and diastolic blood pressure increases, a predictive analysis was performed, and the area under the curve was calculated.

[Considerations for the management of critical patients with thyroid disease].

The role of the endocrine system in the homeostasis of all the body is essential, and has an impact on quality of life, prognosis and survival of patients. Although all the organs of this system are important, the thyroid gland is sizeable due to its easily accessible anatomical location and the variety of symptoms and signs that occur after it is affected. In the intensive care unit, knowledge of thyroid physiology and pathology is essential, due to the critical condition of patients and their multisystemic compromise, which is why this knowledge becomes an essential tool in the diagnostic arsenal to give a timely and effective management of these disorders.