Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook

✍ Scribed by Sanjay Datta

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 416
• Edition: 4th
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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

Cover
......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
1 Maternal Physiological Changes During Pregnancy, Labor, and the Postpartum Period......Page 8
2 Local Anesthetic Pharmacology......Page 21
3 Perinatal Pharmacology......Page 34
4 Drug Interactions and Obstetric Anesthesia......Page 45
5 Uteroplacental Blood Flow......Page 66
6 Physiology of Labor and Delivery......Page 79
7 Relief of Labor Pain by Systemic Medication......Page 86
8 Spinal Opiates in Obstetrics......Page 96
9 Effect of Maternally Administered Anesthetics and Analgesics on Neonates and Neurobehavioral Testing......Page 107
10 Fetal Monitoring......Page 124
11 Relief of Labor Pain by Regional Analgesia/Anesthesia......Page 137
12 Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery......Page 179
13 High-Risk Pregnancy......Page 218
14 Neonatal Resuscitation......Page 309
15 Postpartum Tubal Ligation......Page 332
16 Anesthesia for Surgery During Pregnancy......Page 340
17 In Vitro Fertilization......Page 354
18 Maternal Mortality and Morbidity......Page 360
Index......Page 388