The complex healthcare needs of pregnant patients, where care is tailored to not one but two patients, pose specific challenges to anesthesiologists. This book provides concise, case-based discussion on the clinical scenarios and challenges faced in the provision of anesthesia and pain relief for expectant mothers. In the style of problem-based learning, each case is presented as a short scenario, followed by discussion of the causes, risk factors, management and controversies involved. The textbook features a wide range of cases, from common clinical scenarios that are experienced in day-to-day practice to the rare but significant pathologies less familiar to most clinicians. With a global base of contributors, the book is relevant to practice across the world. The concise format supports both trainee anesthesiologists in their initial experiences of obstetrics and exam preparation, and experienced clinicians in need of a reliable, quick-reference text.

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Contents

۱ Eating and Drinking in Labor
۲ Epidural Analgesia Maintenance
۳ Breakthrough Pain after Labor Epidural Analgesia
۴ Epidural Analgesia and Intrapartum Fever
۵ Tips and Tricks for Labor Neuraxial Block
۶ Spinal Ultrasound for Neuraxial Anesthesia Placement
۷ Combined Spinal-Epidural Anesthesia/ Analgesia
۸ Nonpharmacologic Analgesia for Childbirth
۹ Systemic Pharmacologic Analgesia
۱۰a Consent Considerations in Maternity: A US Perspective
۱۰b Consent Considerations in Maternity: A UK Perspective
۱۱ Accidental Dural Puncture
۱۲ Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring for the Obstetric Anesthesiologist
۱۳ Multidisciplinary Team Management
۱۴ Obstetric Early Warning Systems
۱۵ Obesity in Pregnancy
۱۶ Complex Adult Congenital Heart Disease in Pregnancy
۱۷ Flematologic Disorders in Pregnancy
۱۸ Respiratory Disorders in Pregnancy
۱۹ Liver Disorders in Pregnancy
۲۰ Neurologic Disorders in Pregnancy
۲۱ Abnormal Placentation
۲۲ Role of Transthoracic Echocardiography in Flypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
۲۳ Elective Cesarean Delivery
۲۴ Emergency Delivery for Fetal Distress
۲۵ Uterotonic Use
۲۶ Postpartum Sterilization/Tubal Ligation
۲۷ Nondelivery Procedures
۲۸ Preterm Labor
۲۹ Accidental Awareness during General Anesthesia in Obstetrics
۳۰ Failed Epidural Top-Up for Cesarean Delivery
۳۱ Maternal Hypotension after Neuraxial Anesthesia
۳۲ Management of an Anticipated and Unanticipated Difficult Airway in a Pregnant Patient
۳۳ Major Obstetric Hemorrhage and Point-of- Care Testing
۳۴ Cell Salvage for Cesarean Delivery with High Risk of Hemorrhage
۳۵ Emergency Hysterectomy
۳۶ Interventional Radiology
۳۷ Amniotic Fluid Embolism
۳۸ Local Anesthetic Toxicity
۳۹ Medicolegal Issues
۴۰ Chronic Pain after Pregnancy
۴۱ Neurologic Deficits Following a Primary Elective Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia
۴۲ Management of Post-Dural Puncture Headache
۴۳ Nonobstetric Surgery during Pregnancy
۴۴ Trauma in Pregnancy
۴۵ Ischemic Heart Disease and Myocardial Infarction in Pregnancy
۴۶ Intracranial Lesions in Pregnancy
۴۷ Sepsis in Obstetrics
۴۸ Management of Thromboembolic Phenomena in Pregnancy
۴۹ Pandemic Flu