Obstetric Anesthesia

In the United States, over half of pregnant women receive some form of anesthesia for their deliveries; this translates into well over 2 million anesthetics per year. With this new handbook, anesthesiologists have easy access to step-by-step, to-the-point information on how to manage patients in specific situations. Every aspect of obstetric anesthesia practice is covered, including patient evaluation, anesthesia for labor and delivery, anesthesia for cesarean delivery, management of patients with concurrent medical problems, management of obstetric emergencies, fetal assessment, and neonatal resuscitation. Distilled, synthesized text is complemented by a generous number of tables, charts, figures and flow diagrams, all presented in accessible handbook format. Obstetric Anesthesia is an ideal introduction to the specialty as well as an essential daily guide for obstetric patient care and management. Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Contributors......Page 10 Abbreviations......Page 12 1. Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology......Page 14 2. Anatomic and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy......Page 32 3. Pain Relief for Labor and Delivery......Page 44 4. Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery......Page 92 5. Post-Cesarean Analgesia......Page 169 6. Anesthesia for Surgery During and After Pregnancy......Page 195 7. Pregnancy Induced Hypertension and Preeclampsia......Page 212 8. Obstetric Hemorrhage......Page 226 9. Obesity......Page 255 10. Coexisting Disease and Other Issues......Page 278 11. Complications of Labor and Delivery......Page 327 12. Fetal Assessment and Care......Page 355 13. Management of Later Complications of Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia......Page 374 14. Critical Care of the Obstetric Patient......Page 405 15. Neonatal Resuscitation......Page 415 A......Page 428 C......Page 429 E......Page 431 G......Page 432 I......Page 433 M......Page 434 N......Page 435 P......Page 436 R......Page 438 T......Page 439 Z......Page 440