TOPICS 1. Introduction 2. Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy 3. Fetal Considerations 4. General Recommendations for Anesthetic Management INTRODUCTION The incidence of surgery during pregnancy is between 0.3% and 2.0%.1,2 There…
TOPICS 1. Preterm Labor 2. Multiple Gestation 3. Abnormal Presentation PRETERM LABOR Introduction Prematurity is a serious cause of adverse perinatal outcome. It is a contributing factor in 75% of…
TOPICS 1. Introduction 2. Postpartum Tubal Ligation 3. Cervical Cerclage 4. Dilation and Curettage or Evacuation 5. External Cephalic Version 6. Percutaneous Umbilical Blood Sampling INTRODUCTION Clinical obstetric anesthesia is…
TOPICS 1. Introduction 2. Cocaine 3. Amphetamines 4. Ethanol 5. Opioids 6. Marijuana 7. Human Immunodeficiency Virus 8. Summary INTRODUCTION The prevalence of substance abuse in women of reproductive age…
TOPICS 1. Epidemiology and Etiology of Diabetes 2. Pathophysiology and Risk Factors for Diabetes in Pregnancy 3. Acute Maternal Complications of Diabetes 4. Nonacute and Long-Term Maternal Complications of Diabetes…
TOPICS 1. Valvular Disease 2. Congenital Heart Disease 3. Cardiomyopathy 4. Pulmonary Hypertension 5. Summary With advances in medical and obstetric care, more and more women with cardiac disease are…
TOPICS 1. Introduction 2. Upper Airway and Respiratory Mechanics 3. Neuraxial Analgesia and Anesthesia as Prophylaxis 4. The Unanticipated Difficult Airway 5. Extubation of a Known Difficult Airway 6. Pulmonary…
TOPICS 1. Nonpharmacologic Labor Analgesia 2. Pharmacologic Labor Analgesia Labor is different for every woman, and the methods chosen for pain relief will depend on the obstetric/medical condition, the techniques…
