As the practice of obstetric anesthesia becomes increasingly recognized as a major subspecialty of anesthesia, there is a growing interest from current practitioners to evolve their neuraxial, regional, and general anesthesia techniques and understanding of the latest evidence. Obstetric Anesthesia Practice is a timely update in the field, providing a concise, evidence-based, and richly illustrated book for students, trainees, and practicing clinicians. Comprehensive in scope, this book addresses the essential topics necessary for the practitioner to quickly assess the patient and risk stratify them, decide on the type of analgesic and anesthetic plan most appropriate as well as its feasibility and safety, provide expert consultation to the other members of the obstetric team, manage anesthesia care and complications, and arrange for advanced care if needed.
1 Physiologic changes during pregnancy 2 The Placenta: Anatomy, Physiology, Uteroplacental Blood Flow, and Drug Transfer 3 Fetal Physiology and Antepartum Fetal Surveillance 4 Coexisting Disease and the Parturient Part One: Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Renal, Gastrointestinal 5 Coexisting Disease and the Parturient - Part 2 6 Parturient Anesthesia Assessment and Evaluation 7 The high-risk obstetric patient: pregnancy-induced conditions 8 Intrapartum Monitoring and Fetal Assessment 9 Obstetric management of labor and vaginal delivery 10 Pharmacology and Non-Anesthetic Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation 11 Local anesthetics 12 Opioid analgesia 13 Neuraxial Anesthesia 14 Alternative regional anesthetic techniques: labor and vaginal delivery 15 Non-opioid analgesic techniques 16 Non-pharmacologic management of labor and delivery 17 Neuraxial Techniques and Medications for Cesarean Delivery 18 Airway management 19 General Anesthesia for Caesarian delivery 20 Antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage 21 Cesarean delivery: postoperative management 22 Neonatal assessment and resuscitation 23 Postpartum complications 24 Trauma and critical care during pregnancy 25 Non-obstetric surgery during pregnancy 26 Anesthesia for Fetal Surgery 27 Anesthesia for assisted reproductive techniques 28 Medicolegal issues
Alan D. Kaye, MD, PhD, is Professor and Chair of Anesthesiology at Louisiana State University in New Orleans. Richard D. Urman, MD, MBA, is Associate Professor of Anesthesia and Director of the Center for Perioperative Research in the Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, and Brigham and Women's Hospital.
