Chapter 11 – Accidental Dural Puncture
Chapter 11 Accidental Dural Puncture Sarah Armstrong and Sioned Phillips Case Study A fit and well primiparous woman who was in established labor at 39 weeks requested an epidural for…
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Chapter 10b – Consent Considerations in Maternity: A UK Perspective
Chapter 10b Consent Considerations in Maternity: A UK Perspective Kate McCombe Case Study A 30-year-old primiparous woman requests an epidural to relieve the pain of labor. Her cervix is dilated…
Chapter 10a – Consent Considerations in Maternity: A US Perspective
Chapter 10a Consent Considerations in Maternity: A US Perspective Shobana Murugan Case Study A 21-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman at 23 weeks’ gestation with twin pregnancy presents with headaches…
Chapter 9 – Systemic Pharmacologic Analgesia
Chapter 9 Systemic Pharmacologic Analgesia Grace McClune and David Hill Case Study A previously fit and healthy 65-kg nulliparous woman presented at 20 weeks’ gestation with pleuritic chest pain and…
Chapter 6 – Spinal Ultrasound for Neuraxial Anesthesia Placement
Chapter 6 Spinal Ultrasound for Neuraxial Anesthesia Placement Chiraag Talati and Jose C. A. Carvalho Case Study A multiparous woman (gravida 3, para 2) was admitted to the delivery suite…
Chapter 7 – Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia/Analgesia
Chapter 7 Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia/Analgesia Marc Van de Velde Case Study A healthy primigravidous patient with an uncomplicated pregnancy was induced at 41 weeks’ gestation. Her booking blood pressure was…
Chapter 5 – Tips and Tricks for Labor Neuraxial Block
Chapter 5 Tips and Tricks for Labor Neuraxial Block Sikha Shastham Valappil , Gary Stocks , and Roshan Fernando Case Study A 28-year-old primigravida at 39 weeks of gestational age…
Chapter 4 – Epidural Analgesia and Intrapartum Fever
Chapter 4 Epidural Analgesia and Intrapartum Fever Scott Segal Case Study A healthy nulliparous patient at term entered labor spontaneously and was admitted to the labor floor. At 3 cm of…
Chapter 3 – Breakthrough Pain after Labor Epidural Analgesia
Chapter 3 Breakthrough Pain after Labor Epidural Analgesia Nakiyah Knibbs and Yaakov Beilin Case Study An otherwise healthy nulliparous 26-year-old woman at 40 weeks’ gestation presented to the labor and…
Chapter 2 – Epidural Analgesia Maintenance
Chapter 2 Epidural Analgesia Maintenance Thierry Girard Case Study A primiparous 24-year-old parturient with 38 + 4 weeks of gestation requires labor analgesia at 11 p.m. The cervical dilation is…
