Preeclampsia (Critical Diagnosis)

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Zack Olson, MD and Michael Estephan, MD

Education, Courses, Health & Fitness, Medicine

5 • 795 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2016

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Never ignore a pregnant woman’s blood pressure. Introduction Pre-Eclampsia Pathophysiology unknown Pregnancy induced multi-organ dysfunction Definition Pregnancy PLUS BP 135/85 PLUS Proteinuria Eclampsia Preeclampsia PLUS Seizures HELLP Syndrome Preeclampsia PLUS Hemolysis PLUS Elevated liver enzymes PLUS Low platelets Step 1: Evaluate For Four Big Symptoms Swelling/edema Headache Visual changes Abdominal pain Step 2: Testing Urinalysis […]

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0:00.0	Hello, med students. This episode has been sponsored by Freed AI. Do you dread the thought of
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0:38.9	at www.gitfreed.a.i. Hello, med students. My name is Zach Olson, and today I'm going to be
0:50.5	mixing it up by trying something a little bit different. I've been getting some really great feedback from people about how much they are enjoying these general approach episodes, which is super awesome.
1:02.1	And for those of you who have emailed me and have reached out, I really appreciate it.
1:06.8	Because every one of those emails have literally just made my day, especially for a new podcast,
1:11.8	they have pushed me to keep trying to create the highest quality of content possible.
1:17.8	But as I've been recording, I've also been thinking.
1:21.2	It's probably important to occasionally mix things up to keep things from becoming too repetitive from week to week to week.
1:29.1	Because the last thing I want is to start so strong and then for you guys to stop downloading
1:34.1	because you're getting bored. So what I'm going to do is I'm going to start posting occasional
1:39.3	podcasts that go a little more in depth, specifically on the critical can't miss diagnoses of emergency medicine.
1:48.3	There's still going to be 10 minutes or less. Don't worry about that. It's just that the content is going to be more focused.
1:55.2	And so that's what we're going to be doing today. Shoot me an email. Let me know how you end up liking it.
1:59.8	But here we go. Let's try this.
2:02.2	Today, we are going to talk about the critical diagnosis preeclampsia.
2:08.4	And I'm super excited about this topic right now because I'm actually writing it with my attending during my OB rotation.
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