Special pathologies of pregnant patients in intensive care medicine

As the incidence of diseases during pregnancy that necessitate intensive medical care is very low, intensive care physicians are faced with a multitude of unfamiliar challenges in the treatment of these patients. The physiological and pathophysiological alterations during pregnancy induce some specific features with respect to the intensive medical treatment of pregnant or postpartum patients. After the most important principles and current recommendations on the care of pregnant or postpartum patients who need intensive medical treatment were dealt with in the first article in this CME series, the second article focuses on the diagnostics and treatment of special selected pathologies.

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Diseases during pregnancy requiring intensive medical care are rare, posing unfamiliar challenges for intensive care physicians. Physiological and pathophysiological changes during pregnancy have specific implications for intensive medical treatment of pregnant or postpartum patients. This CME series addresses important principles and recommendations for the care of these patients, with a focus on diagnostics and treatment of selected special pathologies in the second article.