Abstract:
During pregnancy the haemostatic system is progressively activated to prepare the haemostatic needs of delivery and postpartum. Blood hypercoagulability, endothelial injury and stasis of blood flow predispose to thrombus formation. Pulmonary embolism is a complication of venous thrombosis and is a leading cause of pregnancy related deaths at any trimester. It is extremely common disorder without specific clinical features. The physician is called to suspect the disorder and give a prompt diagnosis and therapy to avoid the lethal condition. Delays in pulmonary embolism diagnosis and therapy are common and represent an important issue.
Biography:
Dr. Irene (Eirini) Orfanoudaki is a gynecologist-obstetrician, having a private practice in Heraklion, Crete, and collaborating with private health clinic 'MITERA' - Euromeda in Heraklion. With around 21 years of experience as a gynecologist-obstetrician, she specializes in ultrasound, colposcopy, minimal and advance gynecologic surgery, aesthetic gynecology, fertility consulting, menopause consulting, operative obstetrics, high-risk pregnancy, normal deliveries, antenatal, intra-parum, postnatal care, breast diseases, and teenage issues. Her cooperation with Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (Heraklion) led to Dysis Colposcope (she was the first gynaecologist clinical researcher of multispectral imaging colposcope 1996-2001). In 2005, Dr. Orfanoudaki presented her PhD 'Development and clinical evaluation new in vivo diagnostic methods for the early diagnosis of lower female genital tissue lesions", at Medical School of University of Crete and her book 'Optical biopsy of uterine cervix using a multispectral imaging colposcope’, was published in 2007. She has also published several research papers and presentations at national and international levels.
