Severe Pancreatitis Exacerbation in a Perinatal Patient with Severe Preeclampsia

ConclusionPancreatitis is an inflammatory state that can cause respiratory failure, renal failure, and cardiac complications due to the pancreatic enzymes being released into the circulation. Treatment is to alleviate the inflammation and symptoms. Perinatal nurses need to know that a more typically seen condition in pregnancy‐gallbladder disease can precipitate pancreatitis.Two points that stood out in this scenario were the insistence on stabilization of the woman prior to cesarean, which is always recommended in the literature but not always practiced. Second, magnesium sulfate was restarted because of an earnest attempt at our institution to follow the taskforce guidelines.
Source: Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Childbearing Source Type: research