
Episode 172: A Pregnant Patient with Congenital Heart Disease
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Pregnancy and Diarhesis
The stretch is significant, do we want to think about diarhesis in these patients? Yes, always. Diariesus is never the wrong answer or I shouldn't say never, but if you make a mistake, you can give her fluid back. Every single pregnant woman has fluid, a little bit scant fluid in her lungs and every single woman has that fluid all through her body. It's going to need to be mobilized. Getting it out in a controlled setting and quickly seems to really help the patients that we've cared for.
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