The Baby's Gone, Let's Save Mom's Kidneys

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: The Baby's Gone, Let's Save Mom's Kidneys

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Kathy Brereton, BSN, RN III, RNC-OB , Labor & Delivery, Christiana Care Health System, New Castle, DE
Gina M. Scott, MSN, RN III, RNC-OB , Labor and Delivery, Christiana Care Health System, Newark, DE
Valerie Rappa Gray, BSN, RNC-OB , Labor and Delivery, Christiana Care Health System, Wilmington, DE
Pamela Kay Turner, RN II , Labor and Delivery, Christiana Health Care System, Newark, DE

Discipline: Childbearing (CB), Women’s Health (WH)

Learning Objectives:

Submission Description:
Acute Renal Failure (ARF) is a rare life threatening complication of severe preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome affecting approximately 1 in 20,000 pregnancies. This case study will focus on the management of a patient with severe preeclampsia who experienced a fetal demise complicated by DIC and ARF. Treatment and management strategies will be described along with the importance of a multidisciplinary team approach in preventing further deterioration of kidney function, therefore improving outcomes for these complex patients.

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