Description
As the practice of obstetric anesthesia becomes increasingly recognized as a major subspecialty of anesthesia, there is a growing interest from current practitioners to evolve their neuraxial, regional, and general anesthesia techniques and understanding of the latest evidence. Obstetric Anesthesia Practice is a timely update in the field, providing a concise, evidence-based, and richly illustrated book for students, trainees, and practicing clinicians. Comprehensive in scope, this book addresses the essential topics necessary for the practitioner to quickly assess the patient and risk stratify them, decide on the type of analgesic and anesthetic plan most appropriate as well as its feasibility and safety, provide expert consultation to the other members of the obstetric team, manage anesthesia care and complications, and arrange for advanced care if needed.
Table of Contents
1 Physiologic changes during pregnancy2 The Placenta: Anatomy, Physiology, Uteroplacental Blood Flow, and Drug Transfer3 Fetal Physiology and Antepartum Fetal Surveillance4 Coexisting Disease and the Parturient Part One: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, Gastrointestinal5 Coexisting Disease and the Parturient - Part 26 Parturient Anesthesia Assessment and Evaluation7 The high-risk obstetric patient: pregnancy-induced conditions8 Intrapartum Monitoring and Fetal Assessment9 Obstetric management of labor and vaginal delivery10 Pharmacology and Non-Anesthetic Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation11 Local anesthetics12 Opioid analgesia13 Neuraxial Anesthesia14 Alternative regional anesthetic techniques: labor and vaginal delivery15 Non-opioid analgesic techniques16 Non-pharmacologic management of labor and delivery17 Neuraxial Techniques and Medications for Cesarean Delivery18 Airway management19 General Anesthesia for Caesarian delivery20 Antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage21 Cesarean delivery: postoperative management22 Neonatal assessment and resuscitation23 Postpartum complications24 Trauma and critical care during pregnancy25 Non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy26 Anesthesia for Fetal Surgery27 Anesthesia for assisted reproductive techniques28 Medicolegal issues
