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…
Chapter 33 Major Obstetric Hemorrhage and Point-of-Care Testing Rachel Collis , Lucy de Lloyd , and Simon Slinn Case Study A healthy primiparous woman with a body mass index (BMI)…
Chapter 31 Maternal Hypotension after Neuraxial Anesthesia Ross Hofmeyr and Robert A. Dyer Case Study A 29-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman at 34 weeks’ gestation presented to the maternity…
Chapter 30 Failed Epidural Top-Up for Cesarean Delivery Tauqeer Husain Case Study A fit and well low-risk nulliparous woman presented at 39 weeks’ gestation to the delivery suite. She was…
Chapter 29 Accidental Awareness during General Anesthesia in Obstetrics Fatima Khatoon and Mitko Kocarev Case Study A 24-year-old morbidly obese nulliparous parturient with an unremarkable medical and obstetric history presented…
Chapter 28 Preterm Labor Errol R. Norwitz and Denis Snegovskikh Case Study A healthy nulliparous woman at 27 + 1 weeks’ gestation presented with regular painful uterine contractions and cervical…
Chapter 27 Nondelivery Procedures Alexandra Reeve , Selina Patel , and Adrienne Stewart Cervical Cerclage Case Study A 28-year-old para 1 +3 woman presented for a cervical cerclage insertion at…
Chapter 26 Postpartum Sterilization/Tubal Ligation Christopher R. Cambic Case Study A 36-year-old woman at 39 weeks’ gestation presented in spontaneous labor. Her initial cervical examination showed 3 cm of dilation and…
Chapter 24 Emergency Delivery for Fetal Distress Ruth E. Murphy and Stephen Michael Kinsella Case Study A term nulliparous woman presented at 3–4 cm dilated in labor with irregular contractions….
Chapter 25 Uterotonic Use Chiraag Talati and Balki Mrinalini Case Study A healthy nulliparous woman was admitted to the delivery suite at 40 weeks’ gestation for induction of labor of…
