Obstetric Anesthesiology: An Illustrated Case-Based Approach

Machine generated contents note: Dedication; List of contributors; 1. Eating and drinking in labor: risks versus benefits; 2. Epidural analgesia maintenance; 3. Breakthrough pain after labor epidural analgesia; 4. Epidural analgesia and intrapartum fever; 5. Tips and tricks for labor neuraxial block; 6. Spinal ultrasound use for neuraxial anesthesia placement; 7. Combined spinal-epidural anesthesia/analgesia; 8. Non-pharmacologic analgesia for childbirth; 9. Systemic pharmacological analgesia; 10. Consent considerations in maternity: Part A: a US perspective; Part B: a UK perspective; 11. Accidental dural puncture; 12. Fetal heart rate monitoring for the obstetrical anesthesiologist; 13. Multi-disciplinary team management; 14. Obstetric early warning systems; 15. Obesity in pregnancy; 16. Complex adult congenital heart disease in pregnancy; 17. Hematological disorders in pregnancy: preoperative bleeding problems; 18. Respiratory disorders of pregnancy; 19. Liver disorders in pregnancy; 20. Neurologic disorders in pregnancy; 21. Abnormal placentation; 22. The role of transthoracic echocardiography in hypertensive disorders of pregnancy; 23. Elective caesarean delivery; 24. Emergency delivery for fetal distress; 25. Uterotonic use; 26. Postpartum sterilization / tubal ligation; 27. Non-delivery procedures; 28. Preterm labor; 29. Accidental awareness during general anesthesia in obstetrics; 30. Failed epidural top up for caesarean delivery; 31. Maternal hypotension after neuraxial anaesthesia; 32. Management of an anticipated and unanticipated difficult airway in the pregnant patient; 33. Major obstetric haemorrhage and point of care testing; 34. Cell salvage for caesarean delivery with high risk of haemorrhage; 35. Emergency hysterectomy; 36. Interventional radiology; 37. Amniotic fluid embolism; 38. Local anesthetic toxicity; 39. Medicolegal issues; 40. Chronic pain after pregnancy; 41. Neurologic deficits following a primary elective caesarean delivery under spinal anaesthesia; 42. Management of post-dural puncture headache; 43. Non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy; 44. Trauma in pregnancy; 45. Ischaemic heart disease and myocardial infarction in pregnancy; 46. Intracranial lesions in pregnancy; 47. Sepsis in obstetrics; 48. Management of thromboembolic phenomenon in pregnancy; 49. Pandemic flu; Appendix: reference ranges in pregnancy; Index.