Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook

✍ Scribed by Sanjay Datta MD, FFARCS (Eng) (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer New York
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 415
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The field of obstetric anesthesia continues to change rapidly, both in technique and in specific pharmaceutical agents used. It is therefore essential for all practitioners caring for the pregnant patient to be familiar with current anesthetic protocols and general concepts in obstetric anesthesia.

This handbook appeals to a wide audience, as it was written with the practicing anesthesiologists in mind, as well as nurse anesthetists, obstetricians, housestaff, and residents.

The Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook supplies expert advice on every facet of anesthesia for childbirth and related obstetric procedures. The text is authoritative, succinct, and highly practical. It is accompanied by over 100 illustrations and tables making the text a convenient reference to the busy practitioner. The handbook is also a natural companion to the recently published, Anesthetic and Obstetric Management of High-Risk Pregnancy, also by Dr. Datta.

✦ Table of Contents

Maternal Physiological Changes During Pregnancy, Labor, and the Postpartum Period....Pages 1-13
Local Anesthetic Pharmacology....Pages 14-26
Perinatal Pharmacology....Pages 27-37
Drug Interactions and Obstetric Anesthesia....Pages 38-58
Uteroplacental Blood Flow....Pages 59-71
Physiology of Labor and Delivery....Pages 72-78
Relief of Labor Pain by Systemic Medication....Pages 79-88
Spinal Opiates in Obstetrics....Pages 89-99
Effect of Maternally Administered Anesthetics and Analgesics on Neonates and Neurobehavioral Testing....Pages 100-116
Fetal Monitoring....Pages 117-129
Relief of Labor Pain by Regional Analgesia/Anesthesia....Pages 130-171
Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery....Pages 172-210
High-Risk Pregnancy....Pages 211-301
Neonatal Resuscitation....Pages 302-324
Postpartum Tubal Ligation....Pages 325-332
Anesthesia for Surgery During Pregnancy....Pages 333-346
In Vitro Fertilization....Pages 347-352
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity....Pages 353-380

✦ Subjects

Anesthesiology; Obstetrics/Perinatology