Main description:

This book provides easy to follow guidance on how to manage emergency situations and common problems in obstetric anesthesia. The book provides different anesthetic recipes for obstetric procedures and describes challenges that will be encountered on a day-to-day basis. There are trouble-shooting chapters and 'what to do lists' for frequent dilemmas. The book covers obstetric-specific resuscitation and medical emergencies seen on the labor ward. Antenatal and postpartum complications relating to anesthesia are covered as well as issues that may arise during follow up of patients who have had neuraxial anesthesia during delivery.

Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia should be used as a cognitive aid for emergency cases and as a decision-making tool for urgent management plans. It is a guide to common problems and provides core knowledge to facilitate anesthesia care on labor wards for all grades of anesthetist.

Contents:

Epidural Analgesia for Labour.- Combined Spinal Epidural Analgesia for Labour.- Non-Neuraxial Techniques for Labour Analgesia.- Analgesia for Intrauterine Fetal Demise.- Category 4 Caesarean Delivery .- Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery.- Combined Spinal Epidural Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery.- Epidural TopUp for Caesarean Delivery.- General Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery.- Management of Spinal Anaesthesia Induced Hypotension during Caesarean Delivery.- Analgesia after Caesarean Delivery.- Anaesthesia for Manual Removal of Placenta.- Anaesthesia for Cervical Cerclage.- External Cephalic Version.- Artificial Rupture of Membranes.- Consent for Anaesthesia.- Documentation Standards for Anaesthesia.- Umbilical Cord Prolapse.- Expedited and Emergency Caesarean Delivery.- Operative Vaginal Delivery.- Massive Obstetric Haemorrhage.- Management of Uterine Atony.- Uterine Inversion.- Amniotic Fluid Embolus.- Vaginal Birth After Caesarean Delivery.- Shoulder Dystocia.- Normal Labour.- Cardiotocography.- Antenatal Monitoring.- Partogram.- Induction of Labour.- Augmentation of Labour.- Preterm labour and delivery.- Fetal malpresentations.- Placenta Praevia.- Placenta Accreta Syndrome.- Intrauterine Fetal Growth Restriction.- Multiple Gestation.- Preeclampsia and HELLP syndrome.- Cholestasis of Pregnancy.- Gestational Diabetes.- Venous Thromboembolism.- Obesity.- Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.- Complex Congenital Heart Disease in Pregnancy.- Thrombophilas.- Haemophilas.- Von Willebrand Disease.- Low molecular heparin, unfractionated heparin and neuraxial anaesthesia.- Accidental Dural Puncture.- Post Dural Puncture Headache.- Epidural Blood Patch.- Intrapartum Fever.- Failed Epidural Analgesia during Labour.- Failed Spinal Anaesthesia for Caesarean Delivery.- Management of Pain and Distress during Caesarean Delivery.- Backache after Neuraxial Anaesthesia.- Peripheral Nerve Lesions after Central Neuraxial Anaesthesia.- Spinal Cord Lesions after Neuraxial Anaesthesia.- Obstetric Nerve Palsies.- Reported Awareness under General Anaesthesia.- Neuraxial Anaesthesia after Previous Spinal Surgery.- Breastfeeding and Anaesthesia.- Difficult and Failed Intubation in Obstetric Anaesthesia.- Recognition and Management of High Spinal Anaesthesia.- Aspiration of Gastric Contents.- Local Anaesthetic Toxicity.- Anaphylaxis.- Malignant Hyperthermia.- Maternal Resuscitation.- Intrauterine Resuscitation.- Neonatal Resuscitation.- Anaesthetic Management of Pregnant Patients with Novel Coronavirus.