Evidence-based obstetric anesthesia
By: edited by Stephen H. Halpern, M. Joanne Douglas.
Contributors: Halpern, Stephen H.; Douglas, M. Joanne.
Publisher: BMJ Books; Blackwell Pub.
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Malden, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780727917348
Subjects: Anesthesia in obstetrics; Evidence-based medicine; Anesthesia, Obstetrical; Evidence-Based Medicine
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Consent for obstetric analgesia and anesthesia / M. Joanne Douglas; title: Epidural analgesia and the progress of labor / Barbara L. Leighton and Stephen H. Halpern; title: Maintenance of epidural analgesia for labor - continuous infusion or patient controlled / Stephen H. Halpern; title: The use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation for labor pain / Carolyn F. Weininger; title: Is nitrous oxide an effective analgesic for labor? A qualitative systematic review / Jean K. Kronberg and Dorothy E.A. Thompson; title: Choice of local anesthetic for labor and delivery - bupivacaine, ropivacaine, and levobupivacaine / Stephen H. Halpern; title: Intrathecal opioids in labor - do they increase the risk of fetal bradycardia? / Chahé Mardirosoff and Martin R. Tramèr; title: Epidural catheter design and the incidence of complications / Margaret Srebrnjak and Stephen H.  Halpern; title: The effect of increasing central blood volume to decrease hypotension following spinal anesthesia for Cesarean section / Pamela J. Morgan; title: The use of vasopressors for the prevention and treatment of hypotension secondary to regional anesthesia for Cesarean section / Stephen H. Halpern and Michelle Chochinov; title: Is regional anesthesia safer then general anesthesia for Cesarean section? / Yehuda Ginosaur, Ian F. Russell, and Stepehn H. Halpern; title: Prevention and treatment of side-effects of neuraxial opioids / Niall L. Purdie and Martin van der Vyver; title: Multimodal analgesia following Cesarean section: use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs combined with neuraxial opioids / Pamela Angle and Kamal Hussain; title: The use of neuraxial anesthesia in parturients with thrombocytopenia: what is an adequate platelet count? / M. Joanne Douglas; title: A rational approach to aspiration prophylaxis / Geraldine O'Sullivan, Darren Hart, and Andrew Shennan; title: Postdural puncture headache / Peter T.-L. Choi and Stefan Lucas; title: Epidural analgesia and back pain / Terrance W. Breen; title: Analgesia for external cephalic version / William Wight; title: Is there a difference between the obstetric and non-obstetric airway? / Eric Goldszmidt.