Chapter 43 – Nonobstetric Surgery during Pregnancy
Chapter 43 Nonobstetric Surgery during Pregnancy Neeti Sadana Case Study A 22-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman at 28 weeks’ gestation presented to the triage area for evaluation with a…
Chapter 41 – Neurologic Deficits Following a Primary Elective Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia
Chapter 41 Neurologic Deficits Following a Primary Elective Cesarean Delivery under Spinal Anesthesia Anthony Chau and Lawrence C. Tsen Case Study A 23 year-old gravida 1, para 0 woman at…
Chapter 40 – Chronic Pain after Pregnancy
Chapter 40 Chronic Pain after Pregnancy Ruth Landau and Carlos Delgado Case Study A 38-year-old woman with a history of chronic back pain, for which she was not taking any…
Chapter 37 – Amniotic Fluid Embolism
Chapter 37 Amniotic Fluid Embolism Alison Gar-Pui Koo and Warwick D. Ngan Kee Case Study A healthy nulliparous 36-year-old woman presented at 41 weeks’ gestation for postdates induction of labor….
Chapter 38 – Local Anesthetic Toxicity
Chapter 38 Local Anesthetic Toxicity Rasha Abouelmagd and Tim Meek Case Study A 29-year-old 70-kg para 1, gravida 1 woman requested an epidural for labor pain relief at 5 cm of…
Chapter 39 – Medicolegal Issues
Chapter 39 Medicolegal Issues Alison Carter and Steve Yentis Case Study A 33-year-old woman presented at 40 weeks’ gestation in spontaneous labor, requesting an epidural. She was low risk, with…
Chapter 35 – Emergency Hysterectomy
Chapter 35 Emergency Hysterectomy Carolyn F. Weiniger , Neil Amison , and Doron Kabiri Case Study A 33-year-old gravida 4, para 3 woman was brought to the emergency room by…
Chapter 36 – Interventional Radiology
Chapter 36 Interventional Radiology Ian Renfrew and James Noblet Case Study A 33-year-old woman was listed first for an elective cesarean delivery due to a diagnosis of placenta previa. During…
Chapter 34 – Cell Salvage for Cesarean Delivery with High Risk of Hemorrhage
Chapter 34 Cell Salvage for Cesarean Delivery with High Risk of Hemorrhage Philip Barclay and Shubha Mallaiah Case Study A woman in her second pregnancy was booked for an elective…
Chapter 32 – Management of an Anticipated and Unanticipated Difficult Airway in a Pregnant Patient
Chapter 32 Management of an Anticipated and Unanticipated Difficult Airway in a Pregnant Patient Mary C. Mushambi and Karunakaran Ramaswamy Failed tracheal intubation is more frequent in obstetrics than in…
