Obstetric Anesthesia

About this Book

• Concise, clinical information for practical use
• Step-by-step, to-the-point information on how to manage obstetric patients in specific situations
• Accessible and easy to use handbook format
• Generous number of tables, charts, figures and flow diagrams

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.

Readership: anesthesiologists, obstetricians; students and residents of anesthesiology and obstetrics

Table of Contents

1: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology
2: Anatomic and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
3: Pain Relief for Labour and Delivery
4: Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery
5: Post-Caesarean Analgesia
6: Anaesthesia for Surgery During and After Pregnancy
7: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension and Preeclampsia
8: Obstetric Haemorrhage
9: Obesity
10: Co-existing Disease and Other Issues
11: Complications of Labour and Delivery
12: Foetal Assessment and Care
13: Management of Later Complications of Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia
14: Critical Care of the Obstetric Patient
15: Neonatal Resuscitation

Author Information

Craig M. Palmer, Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Robert D'Angelo, Section Head of Obstetric & Gynecologic Anesthesia, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, and Michael J. Paech, Winthrop Professor and Chair of Obstetric Anaesthesia, University of Western Australia

CMP: Director, Department of Anesthesiology, University Physicians Healthcare Hospital, and Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona RA: Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine,Department of Anesthesiology, Section of Obstetric Anesthesiology , Winston-Salem, North Carolina MJP: Professor and Chair of Obstetric Anaesthesia, Division of Anaesthesia, Royal Perth Hospital, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology Unit, The University of Western Australia