Regional analgesia techniques for labour
Figure 10.1 Mechanism of dural puncture epidural effect. The dural puncture epidural (DPE) technique. Following the introduction of a 17 to 18 gauge epidural needle through the ligamentum flavum, a…
Endocrine disease in pregnancy, including diabetes mellitus, thyroid and adrenal disease
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 19 Endocrine disease in pregnancy, including diabetes mellitus, thyroid and adrenal disease Jenny Myers and Dan Mallaber Diabetes Introduction Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common…
Renal disease
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 20 Renal disease Jessica Longbottom and W. Ross Macnab Introduction Chronic renal insufficiency occurs in 0.03–0.2% of all pregnancies. Although rare, these parturients have a…
Respiratory disease in pregnancy
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 17 Respiratory disease in pregnancy Christopher Kelly, Simon Maguire and Craig Carroll Introduction A number of significant physiological changes occur within the maternal respiratory system…
Cardiac disease in pregnancy
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 16 Cardiac disease in pregnancy W. Ross Macnab, Anita Macnab and Akbar Vohra Cardiac disease is a significant cause of maternal mortality worldwide. In the…
Sepsis and influenza in pregnancy
Figure 15.1 Structure of influenza virus (http://www.cdc.gov/flu/images/influenza-virus-fulltext.jpg accessed 25/2/2013). Influenza viruses are single stranded RNA viruses that make up three genera (Influenza A, B and C) of the family orthomyxoviridae….
Hypertension in pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia
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 14 Hypertension in pregnancy, pre-eclampsia and eclampsia Suna Monaghan, Jenny Myers and Lorna A. Howie Introduction Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy are one of the most…
Anaesthesia for other obstetric indications: cervical suture, external cephalic version, controlled ARM, manual removal of placenta and perineal repair
Figure 13.1 Insertion of McDonald suture. (Source Gabbe et al., 2013, with permission of Elsevier.) Abdominal cerclage This is reserved for patients with an extremely short cervix or in patients…
Regional anaesthesia for operative delivery
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 11 Regional anaesthesia for operative delivery Cathy Armstrong and Khaled Girgirah Introduction The rate of general anaesthesia (GA) for caesarean section (CS) has fallen from…
Non-regional analgesia techniques for labour
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 9 Non-regional analgesia techniques for labour Gordon Yuill On 19 January 1847, James Young Simpson used diethyl ether to anaesthetize a woman with a deformed…
