Episode 67 - Managing Postpartum Complications in the Emergency Department – An Interview with Dr. Nicole Yuzuk, Dr. Joseph Bove, and Dr. Riddhi Desai

<p>Episode 67 – Managing Postpartum Complications in the Emergency Department – An Interview with Dr. Nicole Yuzuk, Dr. Joseph Bove, and Dr. Riddhi Desai</p><p></p><p>EMplify – March 2022</p><p>Interview with the Authors: Nicole Yuzuk, DO, Joseph Bove, DO, and Riddhi Desai, DO</p><p></p><p>Episode Outline:</p><ul><li>Why is this an important topic in EM? </li><li>Hemorrhage etiologies and definition</li><li>Headache etiologies, both common and the more dangerous (ICH)</li><li>Fever and infection</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Mastitis</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Endometritis</li><li>Preeclampsia/eclampsia </li><li class="ql-indent-1">Definition, diagnosis, risk factors (Table 1)</li><li>HELLP syndrome</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Definition, diagnosis (Table 2)</li><li>Peripartum cardiomyopathy</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Time of onset, how to make the diagnosis, risks (Table 3)</li><li>Prehospital care</li><li class="ql-indent-1">IV fluids</li><li class="ql-indent-1">TXA</li><li class="ql-indent-1">AMS evaluation</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Chest pain</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Fever/hypotension </li><li>ED evaluation </li><li class="ql-indent-1">History (what kind of things should we remember to ask?) </li><li class="ql-indent-1">Physical exam (what should we be paying attention to?) </li><li>Diagnostic studies</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Hemorrhage (exam, vitals, labs, US)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Headache (labs, imaging – what type?)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Fever and infection (labs, imaging – US or CT, antibiotics)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Cardiopulmonary complaints (labs, imaging, ECG)</li><li>Treatment</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Hemorrhage </li><li class="ql-indent-1">Headache (CVT)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Infection (mastitis, endometritis, wound Infection)</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Preeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP, seizures</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Cardiomyopathy</li><li>What about breastfeeding mothers? </li><li>Controversies and cutting edge</li><li class="ql-indent-1">Endovascular therap