STEP BY STEP ANAESTHESIA IN OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

VINAY TEWARI
Consultant, Malhotra Hospital Group, Agra, India

P L GAUTAM
Professor, Medical College, Ludhiana, India

The pregnant patient presents a unique “two-in-one” situation for the anaesthesiologist – what happens to the mother has a bearing on her unborn child, and the foetus produces many physiological changes in the mother, which have important anaesthetic implications.

Considerations unique to the pregnant state are dealt with, the potential problems to be faced and the various solutions to those issues.

This handy pocket reference is designed to be a readily accessible and accurate source of information on obstetric anaesthesia for practising anaesthesiologists, anaesthesia residents and “interested” obstetricians.

Contents: 1.Anaesthesia Work Station Check up; 2.Monitoring Standards; 3.Maternal Physiology in Pregnancy; 4.Preoperative and Airway Assessment of Pregnant Patient; 5.Non-Obstetric Surgery in Pregnancy; 6.Anaesthesia for Assisted Reproductive Techniques; 7.Anaesthesia for Foetal Surgery; 8.Labour Analgesia; 9.Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section; 10.Anaesthesia for Complicated Obstetrics; 11.Postoperative Care; 12.Anaesthesia Emergencies; 13.Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Disease; 14.Pregnancy, Asthma and Anaesthesia; 15.Pregnancy, Anaemia and Anaesthesia; 16. Pregnancy and Diabetes Mellitus; 17.Coagulation Problems and Anaesthesia; 18.Anaesthesia for Obese Parturient; 19.Neurological Diseases and Anaesthesia; 20.Anaesthesia for Kyphoscoliotic Parturient; 21.HIV, Anaesthesia and Anaesthetist; 22.Arterial Blood Gas Analysis; 23.Critical Care in Obstetrics; 24.Cardiopulmonary Resuscition of the Pregnant Patient; 25.OT errors and Accidents; 26.Legal Issues; 27.Obstetric Anaesthesia Practice Guidelines.