A Practical Approach to Obstetric Anesthesia

by Bucklin, Brenda; Gambling, David; Wlody, David

• ISBN13: 9780781775243
• ISBN10: 0781775248
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-09-03
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This new addition to our highly successful A Practical Approach to Anesthesia series is a comprehensive, accessible guide to obstetric anesthesia, with the substance and depth of a textbook and the convenient, user-friendly features of a handbook. It focuses sharply on clinical issues and is written in outline format for quick reference, with numerous tables, figures, and photographs. Major sections cover pharmacology and physiology, antepartum considerations, labor and delivery, postpartum issues, and disease states in obstetric patients, including a chapter on obesity and pregnancy. The concluding chapter reviews current guidelines from the American Society of Anesthesiologists, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Academy of Pediatrics.

Table of Contents

Pharmacology and Physiology

Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy

Uteroplacental Drug Transfer, Blood Flow, and Teratogenicity

Local Anesthetics and Toxicity

Obstetric Medications

Antepartum Considerations

Maternal Assessment

Informed Consent, Documentation, and Medicolegal Issues

Non-Obstetric Surgery During Pregnancy

Labor and Delivery

Fetal Assessment and Monitoring Patricia Huguelet

Maternal Infection and Fever

Non-Neuraxial Analgesic Techniques

Choice of Neuraxial Analgesia and Local Anesthetics

Impact of Epidural Analgesia on Outcome of Labor

Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

Difficult Airway Management in the Pregnant Patient

Anesthesia for Multiple Gestation

Obstetric Emergencies

Amniotic Fluid Embolism

Newborn Resuscitation

Postpartum Issues

Post Cesarean Analgesia

Management of Postdural Puncture Headache

Neurologic Deficits following Labor and Delivery

Postpartum Tubal Ligation

Disease States

Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

Endocrine Disorders

Thrombophilias/Coagulopathies

Cardiac Disease in the Obstetric Patient

Neurological and Neuromuscular Disease

Renal and Hepatic Disease in the Pregnant Patient

Obstetric Anesthesia for Parturients with Respiratory Diseases

Obesity and Pregnancy

Asa Standards, Guidelines, and Practice Parameters

Guidelines from National Organizations: American Society of Anesthesiologists, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Academy of Pediatrics

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