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Obstetric Anesthesiology

Obstetric Anesthesiology

Obstetric Anesthesiology

An Illustrated Case-Based Approach
Tauqeer Husain, Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey
Roshan Fernando, Womens Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar
Scott Segal, Wake Forest University, North Carolina
March 2019
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    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.

    • Includes a concise and case-based format to enable problem-based learning for trainees, and a quick-reference guide for experienced clinicians
    • Features a wide range of clinical cases, from common day-to-day scenarios to the rare but significant pathologies less commonly encountered
    • Includes contributions from clinicians across the world and will be of interest in multiple regions, while the editors have experience of both the UK and North American clinical environments

    Product details

    March 2019
    Hardback
    9781107095649
    318 pages
    255 × 192 × 17 mm
    0.88kg
    17 b/w illus. 41 colour illus. 51 tables
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    Table of Contents

    • 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.
      Contributors
    • Nicola Vousden, Claire Daly, Andrew Shennan, Thierry Girard, Nakiyah Knibbs, Yaakov Beilin, Scott Segal, Sikha Shastham Valappil, Gary Stocks, Roshan Fernando, Chiraag Talati, Jose C. A. Carvalho, Marc Van de Velde, E. Lindsay Moore, William Camann, Grace McClune, David Hill, Shobana Chandrasekhar, Sarah Armstrong, Sioned Phillips, Jennifer Lucero, Julian T. Parer, Katherine Kosman, Rebecca D. Minehart, Mike Wee, Thunga Setty, Sohail Bhampoe, Daryl Dob, Zara Edwards, Lorna Swan, John C. Markley, Jean M. Connors, David L. Hepner, Jessica Booth, Melissa Potisek, William John Fawcett, Marie-Louise Meng, Stephanie Goodman, Anna David, Pervez Sultan, Alicia T. Dennis, Sarah Armstrong, Ruth E. Murphy, Stephen Kinsella, Chiraag Talati, Mrinalini Balki, Christopher R. Cambic, Alexandra Reeve, Selina Patel, Adrienne Stewart, Errol Norwitz, Dennis Snegvoskikh, Fatima Khatoon, Mitko Kocarev, Tauqeer Husain, Ross Hofmeyr, Robert Dyer, Mary Mushambi, Rachel Collis, Lucy de Lloyd, Simon Slinn, Phillip Barclay, Carolyn F. Weiniger, Neil Amison, Doron Kabiri, Ian Renfrew, James Noblet, Alison Gar-Pui Koo, Warwick D. Ngan Kee, Rasha Abouelmagd, Tim Meek, Alison Carter, Steve Yentis, Ruth Landau, Carlos Delgado, Anthony Chau, Lawrence C. Tsen, Michael J. Paech, Han T. Truong, Neeti Sadana, Tom Hurst, Andre Vercueil, Rachel Hignett, Lindsay Peacock, Roulhac D. Toledano, Lisa Leffert, Gabriella Frunza, Nuala Lucas, Ellie Pushpanathan, Pervez Sultan, Frank Schroeder, Samantha Wilson, Samantha Allen

    • Editors
    • Tauqeer Husain , Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey

      Tauqeer Husain is a Consultant Anaesthetist in the Department of Anaesthesia, Ashford and St Peter's NHS Foundation Trust, Surrey, where he specialises in anaesthesia and analgesia for childbirth.

    • Roshan Fernando , Womens Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar

      Roshan Fernando leads Clinical Obstetric Anaesthesia Research at the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Women's Wellness and Research Centre, Hamad Medical Corporation, Qatar, where he also jointly coordinates a fellowship training program.

    • Scott Segal , Wake Forest University, North Carolina

      Scott Segal is the Thomas H. Irving Professor and Chair of the Department of Anesthesiology in the School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, North Carolina. His research interests include epidural-associated intrapartum fever and its effect on the fetus.