Obstetric anesthesia : a case-based and visual approach

Obstetric anesthesia : a case-based and visual approach / Thomas L. Archer, editor.

With 32 engaging and dramatic cases and 174 colorful, insightful and innovative graphics, this book takes a fresh, creative and highly visual approach to the fundamentals of obstetric anesthesia as well as emerging knowledge and three emerging technologies: 1) pre-procedural ultrasound to facilitate...

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Other Authors: Archer, Thomas L.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Subjects:
Anesthesia in obstetrics.
Anesthesia in obstetrics
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Table of Contents:
  • Section One: Pregnancy, anesthesia and threats to fetal oxygenation
  • Chapter 1: Normal pregnancy, labor and delivery
  • without epidural analgesia
  • Chapter 2: Neuraxial anesthesia and the supine position cause non-reassuring fetal status
  • Chapter 3: Hyperstimulation
  • Chapter 4: Scheduled repeat Cesarean delivery
  • Section Two: Postpartum hemorrhage
  • Chapter 5: Uterine atony: the most common cause of postpartum hemorrhage
  • Chapter 6: Hypovolemic shock
  • Chapter 7: A traumatic cesarean delivery with consumptive coagulopathy
  • Chapter 8: Trial of labor after cesarean delivery (TOLAC), with uterine dehiscence and emergency cesarean delivery under general anesthesia
  • Section Three: More obstetric crises
  • Chapter 9: High spinal
  • Chapter 10: Prolapsed umbilical cord
  • Chapter 11: A patient delivers vaginally after an eclamptic seizure
  • Chapter 12: Cesarean delivery under general anesthesia in a septic patient
  • Section Four: More challenging cases
  • Chapter 13: Morbidly obese preeclamptic patient with difficult IV access for urgent cesarean delivery
  • Chapter 14: Patient with known placenta previa and accreta for elective cesarean hysterectomy
  • Chapter 15: A patient with severe idiopathic pulmonary hypertension delivers her fourth child
  • Section 5: Successful neuraxial anesthesia
  • Chapter 16: Fooling ourselves: intravenous fentanyl creates the illusion of a successful epidural
  • Chapter 17: What not to do during uterine contractions
  • three vignettes with one simple lesson
  • Chapter 18: A one-sided epidural
  • Chapter 19: Dosing an epidural for "back labor."
  • Chapter 20: Management of a patient with an unsatisfactory labor epidural, now going for cesarean delivery
  • Chapter 21: Rescuing a low spinal
  • Chapter 22: A failed epidural followed by a failed spinal (Part 1)
  • Chapter 23: A failed epidural followed by a failed spinal (Part 2)
  • Chapter 24: Labor epidural for a patient with scoliosis
  • Section 6: Anesthetic complications
  • Chapter 25: Wrong medication
  • Chapter 26: Headache after dural puncture with an epidural needle.-Chapter 27: Neurological deficit after neuraxial analgesia for labor and vaginal delivery
  • Chapter 28: Left sciatic neuropathy after cesarean delivery in an obese, diabetic patient
  • Chapter 29: Vasopressin, used as a vasopressor during cystoscopy, causes non-reassuring fetal status
  • Chapter 30: Emergency cesarean delivery after repair of an ankle fracture
  • Chapter 31: Another spinal mishap
  • Section 7: Dysfunctional labor and uterine oxygenation: a theory
  • Chapter 32: Cardiac output-guided resuscitation of the uterus: an obese patient has dysfunctional labor which resolves with position change. Coincidence or possible therapy?

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