RT Book, Section
A1 Gallant, Catherine
A2 Posner, Glenn D.
A2 Black, Amanda Y.
A2 Jones, Griffith
A2 El-Chaâr, Darine
SR Print(0)
ID 1193314899
T1 Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia
T2 Oxorn-Foote Human Labor & Birth, 7e
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260019414
LK obgyn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193314899
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  practice  of  obstetric  anesthesia  began  in  1847  when  Sir  James  Young  Simpson  introduced  ether,  or  “twilight  sleep,”  into  obstetric  practice  for  the  final  stages  of  labor  and  delivery.  Today  obstetric  anesthesia  has  evolved  into  a  complex  subspecialty.  Although  the  majority  of  deliveries  are  uncomplicated,  parturients  are  presenting  with  increasingly  complex  comorbidities  because  of  medical  and  surgical  advances  in  the  treatment  of  their  underlying  conditions.  For  any  hospital  providing  obstetrical  care,  the  availability  of  qualified  personnel  and  equipment  to  provide  general  or  neuraxial  anesthesia  is  essential  for  good  obstetric  care.  Modern  regional  anesthetic  techniques  have  contributed  to  maternal  and  neonatal  safety.  Persons  administering  or  supervising  obstetric  anesthesia  must  be  qualified  to  manage  the  rare  but  potentially  life-threatening  complications  of  neuraxial  anesthesia,  which  include  respiratory  failure  and  cardiovascular  collapse,  local  anesthetic  toxicity  including  seizures,  or  vomiting  and  aspiration.