Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook: Fifth Edition

✍ Scribed by Sanjay Datta, Bhavani Shankar Kodali, Scott Segal (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 472
• Edition: 5
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For nearly two decades, anesthesiologists and obstetricians have turned to this handbook as the definitive reference for obstetric anesthesia. Authoritative yet concise, it has been designed as a practical guide to all aspects of anesthesia for childbirth and related obstetric procedures, including perinatal pharmacology, relief of labor pain, fetal monitoring, anesthesia for cesarean delivery, high risk pregnancy, and in vitro fertilization.

The fifth edition of Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook has been reorganized and revised to both update the content and help expedite the retrieval of the most pertinent information. New chapters include "Pain of Labor and Delivery" and "Effects of Epidural Analgesia on Labor and the Infant." An appendix has been added that includes the most recent national guidelines for obstetric anesthesia. With numerous illustrations and tables, as well as updates regarding new medications and techniques, this esteemed handbook is more valuable than ever.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Maternal Physiological Changes During Pregnancy, Labor, and the Postpartum Period....Pages 1-14
Local Anesthetic Pharmacology....Pages 15-28
Perinatal Pharmacology....Pages 29-39
Drug Interactions and Obstetric Anesthesia....Pages 41-63
Uteroplacental Blood Flow....Pages 65-79
Pain of Labor and Delivery....Pages 81-84
Non-pharmacological Methods for Relief of Labor Pain....Pages 85-93
Relief of Labor Pain by Systemic Medications and Inhalational Agents....Pages 95-106
Relief of Labor Pain by Regional Analgesia/Anesthesia....Pages 107-149
Effects of Epidural Analgesia on Labor and the Infant....Pages 151-161
Fetal Monitoring....Pages 163-178
Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery....Pages 179-230
Neonatal Resuscitation....Pages 231-248
High-Risk Pregnancy: Maternal Comorbidity....Pages 249-301
High-Risk Pregnancy: Pregnancy-Related Problems....Pages 303-356
Non-delivery Obstetric Procedures....Pages 357-367
Anesthesia for Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy....Pages 369-385
Assisted Reproductive Technology....Pages 387-398
Maternal Mortality and Morbidity....Pages 399-403
Back Matter....Pages -

✦ Subjects

Anesthesiology; Obstetrics/Perinatology