Preface Sepsis, shock and circulatory compromise are the leading conditions in perioperative and critical care medicine requiring urgent resuscitation. Resuscitation hemodynamic targets, the medications needed to achieve such targets as…
Emergency caesarean section is required when delivery can reduce the risk to the life of the mother or foetus. When a caesarean section is indicated for foetal compromise, a decision-to-delivery…
In many centres, anaesthesia now incorporates perioperative medicine. Preeclampsia is a perioperative medical challenge requiring a multi-disciplinary team. New definitions stress the rapid progression of the disease and highlight the…
Major obstetric haemorrhage is a leading cause of maternal mortality. A prescriptive approach to early recognition and management is critical to improving outcomes. Uterine atony is the primary cause of…
Maternal mortality is increasing in the United States and remains unacceptably high in many parts of the world. Pre-existing conditions and social determinants of health frequently contribute to maternal death….
Ultrasonography is increasingly being viewed as an everyday tool in obstetric anesthesia. For the administration of spinal or epidural anesthesia, it reduces needle redirection attempts in patients with difficult anatomy….
Effective pain management should be a key priority in women undergoing cesarean delivery. Suboptimal perioperative pain management is associated with chronic pain, greater opioid use, delayed functional recovery, impaired maternal–fetal…
Hypotension commonly occurs in parturients undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal anesthesia. This leads to maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes, including maternal nausea and vomiting and fetal acidosis, and might even…
Unintentional dural puncture followed by postdural puncture headache is a well-known complication following neuraxial labor analgesia. Risk factors for the development of postdural puncture headache may be related to the…
The 21st century has been billed as the era of “precision/personalized medicine.” Genetic investigation of clinical syndromes may guide therapy as well as reveal previously unknown biological or pharmacological pathways…
