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 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 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 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 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 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…
Chapter 1 Eating and Drinking in Labor Risks versus Benefits Nicola Vousden , Claire Daly , and Andrew Shennan Case Study A low-risk nulliparous patient was admitted for induction of…
Chapter 24 Predicting Operative Risk Jignasa Modha , Ramai Santhirapala and S. Ramani Moonesinghe Key Points Risk stratification for surgery facilitates informed consent and appropriate patient selection. Several tools exist…
Chapter 18 Bariatric Patients Justin A. Burke Key Points Obese patients with co-morbidities have higher rates of perioperative complications compared to healthy obese and normal-weight patients. Identifying and optimising co-morbidities…
Chapter 19 Chronic Pain, Addiction and Neuropsychiatric Patients Fernando Salazar Key Points Acute post-operative pain is a major risk factor for post-operative chronic pain. Prevention of chronic pain involves identifying…
