Title: Obstetric anesthesia handbook /
Authors: Datta, Sanjay
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Anesthesia, Obstetrical; Anesthesie.; Verloskunde.; Anesthesia in obstetrics; Anesthésie obstétricale.; Anesthesia in obstetrics; Anesthésie en obstétrique; Anästhesie.; Geburtshilfe.
Abstract: The 'Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook' supplies expert advice on every facet of anesthesia for childbirth and is related to obstetric procedures. The text is authoritative, succinct, and highly practical.
Contents: 1. Maternal physiological changes during pregnancy, labor, and the postpartum period -- 2. Local anesthetic pharmacology -- 3. Perinatal pharmacology -- 4. Drug interactions and obstetric anesthesia -- 5. Uteroplacental blood flow -- 6. Physiology of labor and delivery -- 7. Relief of labor pain by systemic medication -- 8. Spinal opiates in obstetrics -- 9. Effect of maternally administered anesthetics and analgesics on neonates and neurobehavioral testing -- 10. Fetal monitoring -- 11. Relief of labor pain by regional analgesia/anesthesia -- 12. Anesthesia for cesarean delivery -- 13. High-risk pregnancy -- 14. Neonatal resuscitation -- 15. Postpartum tubal ligation -- 16. Anesthesia for surgery during pregnancy -- 17. In vitro fertilization -- 18. Maternal mortality and morbidity.