Figure 18.1 Parasagittal (oblique) view. The laminae (L) form a ‘saw-tooth’ pattern. Figure 18.2 Parasagittal (oblique) view of L5–S1 junction. Figure 18.3 Transverse (interlaminar) view of the lumbar spine. Figure…
Figure 21.1 TEG graph and annotation. The reaction time (R-time) depicts the time for fibrin strands to form. It is decreased in hypercoagulable states such as pregnancy. A prolonged R-time…
Figure 12.1 Obstetric failed intubation algorithm. Table 12.1 Proposed template for obstetric preoperative assessment Problems with previous anaesthetics Family history of anaesthetic reactions Co-morbidities: Most parturients are ASA 1. However,…
Table 28.1 Risk assessment tool The process: Proactive assessment Undertaken to prevent a patient safety incident For example, increasing numbers of deliveries in the unit. Rate of significant postpartum haemorrhage…
Figure 25.1 Maternal collapse algorithm. (Reproduced from Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Maternal Collapse in Pregnancy and the Puerperium. Green-top Guideline No. 56. London: RCOG; 2011, with the permission…
Figure 6.1a Normal and abnormal CTGs. A normal cardiotocograph trace. The baseline is 135 beats/min variability 25 beats/min accelerations present and no decelerations. Figure 6.1b A pathological cardiotocograph trace demonstrating…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 29 Ethics, consent and the law Andrew Heck and Ross Clark Introduction Obstetric anaesthesia poses a convergence of all the ethical and consensual dilemmas only…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 27 Multidisciplinary teaching and training on the delivery unit Catherine Robinson and Cathy Armstrong Introduction In addition to the central role of training anaesthetic trainees…
Figure 26.1 Neuropraxia algorithm. (Courtesy of Adam Zermansky, Kirsty MacLennan, Peter Sandbach and Rachel Stoeter.) Follow-up Anaesthetic contact with the parturient may occur at any time during the antenatal or…
html xmlns=”http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml” xmlns:mml=”http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML” xmlns:epub=”http://www.idpf.org/2007/ops”> Chapter 24 HIV and infectious disease in pregnancy, including herpes, syphilis and hepatitis Jacqueline E. A. K. Bamfo, Matthew D. Phillips, M. Kingston, K. Chan and Ian Clegg…
