MOET Algorithm

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 Algorithm 16.1 Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia Do not leave patient alone Airway Breathing Circulation Control seizures Control hypertension If not postpartum... Deliver Place in semi-prone position Call for HELP – duty obstetric and anaesthetic SpRs; senior midwife Inform consultants – obstetrician and anaesthetist Assess Protect airway Ventilate as required Loading dose MgSO 4 : 4 g MgSO 4 in 20% solution IV over 10–15 minutes. Add 8 ml of 50% MgSO 4 solution to 12 ml physiological saline Maintenance dose MgSO 4 : 1 g per hour infusion. Add 25 g MgSO 4 (50 ml) to 250 ml physiological saline 1 g MgSO 4 = 12 ml per hour IV If seizures continue or recur: MgSO 4 2 g  70 kg; 4 g  70 kg IV as per loading dose over 5–10 minutes. If this fails: diazepam 10 ml IV or thiopentone 50 mg IV paralyse and intubate Monitor: Hourly urine output, respiratory rate, O 2 saturation & patellar reflexes – every 10 minutes for first 2 hours and then every 30 minutes Check serum magnesium if toxicity is suspected on clinical grounds Stop infusion: Check magnesium levels and review management with consultant if: Urine output < 100 ml in 4 hour s or if Patellar reflexes are absent or if Respiratory rate < 16/minute or if Oxygen saturation < 90% Always get suppression of reflexes before respiratory depression Antidote: 10% calcium gluconate 10 ml IV over 10 minutes OBSERVATIONS Pulse oximeter BP Respirations Temperature ECG Test urine for protein Hourly urine output Fluid balance charts FHR – monitor continuously INVESTIGATIONS FBC & platelets U&Es Urate LFT Coagulation screen Group & hold serum MSSU 24-hour urine collections for: total protein & creatinine clearance catecholamines Assess Maintain patency Apply oxygen Evaluate pulse and BP If absent, initiate CPR and call the arrest team Secure IV access as soon as safely possible Tr eat hypertension if systolic BP > 170 mmHg or diastolic BP > 1 10 mmHg or MAP >125 mmHg Aim to reduce BP to around 130–140/90–100 mmHg Beware maternal hypotension and FHR abnormalities – monitor FHR with continuous CTG HYDRALAZINE 10 mg IV slowly Repeated doses of HYDRALAZINE 5 mg IV 20 minutes apart may be given if necessary Close liaison with anaesthetists: may require plasma expansion LABETALOL 50 mg IV slowly if BP still uncontrolled If necessary repeat after 20 minutes or start IV infusion: 200 mg in 200 ml physiological saline at 40 mg/hour , increasing dose at half-hourly intervals as required to a maximum of 160 mg/hour The continuation of pregnancy is not an option if eclampsia occurs STABILISE THE MOTHER BEFORE DELIVERY DELIVERY IS A TEAM EFFORT involving obstetricians, midwives, anaesthetists and paediatricians Ergometrine should not be used in severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia Consider prophylaxis against thromboembolism Maintain vigilance as the majority of eclamptic seizures occur after delivery 150

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Algorithm 16.1 Pre-eclampsia/eclampsia

Do not leavepatient alone

Airway

Breathing

Circulation

Control seizures

Controlhypertension

If notpostpartum...

Deliver

■ Place in semi-prone position

■ Call for HELP – duty obstetric andanaesthetic SpRs; senior midwife

■ Inform consultants – obstetrician and

anaesthetist

■ Assess

■ Protect airway

■ Ventilate as required

■ Loading dose MgSO4:4 g MgSO4 in 20% solution IV over10–15 minutes. Add 8 ml of 50%MgSO4 solution to 12 mlphysiological saline

■ Maintenance dose MgSO4: 1 g perhour infusion. Add 25 g MgSO4(50 ml) to 250 ml physiological saline1 g MgSO4 = 12 ml per hour IV

■ If seizures continue or recur: MgSO42 g ≤ 70 kg; 4 g ≥ 70 kg IV as perloading dose over 5–10 minutes. If thisfails: diazepam 10 ml IV orthiopentone 50 mg IV paralyse andintubate

■ Monitor: Hourly urine output,respiratory rate, O2 saturation &

patellar reflexes – every 10 minutes forfirst 2 hours and then every 30minutesCheck serum magnesium if toxicity issuspected on clinical grounds

■ Stop infusion: Check magnesiumlevels and review management withconsultant if:Urine output <100 ml in 4 hours

or if Patellar reflexes are absentor if Respiratory rate < 16/minuteor if Oxygen saturation < 90%

■ Always get suppression of reflexesbefore respiratory depression

■ Antidote: 10% calcium gluconate10 ml IV over 10 minutes

OBSERVATIONSPulse oximeter BPRespirationsTemperatureECGTest urine for proteinHourly urine outputFluid balance chartsFHR – monitor continuously

INVESTIGATIONSFBC & plateletsU&EsUrate LFTCoagulation screenGroup & hold serumMSSU24-hour urinecollections for:

■ total protein &

creatinine clearance■ catecholamines

■Assess

■ Maintain patency

■ Apply oxygen

■ Evaluate pulse and BP

■ If absent, initiate CPR and call thearrest team

■ Secure IV access as soon as safelypossible

■ Treat hypertension if systolic BP> 170 mmHg or diastolic BP

> 110 mmHg or MAP >125 mmHgAim to reduce BP to around130–140/90–100 mmHg Bewarematernal hypotension and FHRabnormalities – monitor FHR withcontinuous CTG

■ HYDRALAZINE 10 mg IV slowlyRepeated doses of HYDRALAZINE5 mg IV 20 minutes apart may begiven if necessary

Close liaison with anaesthetists: mayrequire plasma expansion

■ LABETALOL 50 mg IV slowly if BPstill uncontrolledIf necessary repeat after 20 minutes orstart IV infusion: 200 mg in 200 mlphysiological saline at 40 mg/hour,increasing dose at half-hourlyintervals as required to a maximum of160 mg/hour

■ The continuation of pregnancy is notan option if eclampsia occurs

■ STABILISE THE MOTHER BEFORE

DELIVERY■ DELIVERY IS A TEAM EFFORT

involving obstetricians, midwives,anaesthetists and paediatricians

■ Ergometrine should not be used insevere pre-eclampsia and eclampsia

■ Consider prophylaxis againstthromboembolism

■ Maintain vigilance as the majority ofeclamptic seizures occur afterdelivery

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