Neurologic emergencies in pregnancy.

Abstract

Neurologic emergencies during pregnancy are not encountered often but contribute significantly to maternal mortality. This chapter reviews neurologic emergencies with an emphasis on pathophysiology and related nursing care for patients with epilepsy, status epilepticus, eclampsia, intracranial hemorrhage, increased intracranial pressure, ischemic stroke, myasthenia gravis, autonomic hyperreflexia, Wernicke's encephalopathy, and chorea gravidarum.

• Authors: D A Austin
• Journal: NAACOG's clinical issues in perinatal and women's health nursing (NAACOGS Clin Issu Perinat Womens Health Nurs) Vol. 3 Issue 3 Pg. 491-7 ( 1992) ISSN: 1046-7475 [Print] United States
• PMID: 1389804 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Topics

• Critical Care (methods)
• Emergencies
• Female
• Humans
• Nervous System Diseases (nursing, therapy)
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications (nursing, therapy)