Quick hits in obstetric anesthesia

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.

Includes index.

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 -- Pla…