A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA. 2ND EDITION

Successfully combining the comprehensive depth of a textbook and the user-friendly features of a practical handbook, A Practical Approach to Obstetric Anesthesia, 2nd Edition, is a portable resource for both experienced and novice clinicians. Focusing on clinical issues in obstetric anesthesia, it uses an easy-to-follow outline format for quick reference, enhanced with numerous tables, figures, and photographs. The use of color in this edition highlights key information and improves readability for daily practice and study.

Key Features:
• Presents the most up-to-date information available in obstetric anesthesiology, including guidance on both routine and complicated patient care.
• Features new chapters on ultrasound and echocardiographic techniques, trauma, management of the opioid dependent parturient, and maternal morbidity and mortality.
• Covers pharmacology and physiology, antepartum considerations, labor and delivery, postpartum issues, and disease states in obstetric patients, including a chapter on obesity and pregnancy, as well as guidelines from national organizations.
• Provides Clinical Pearls throughout, as well as Key Points in each chapter and current references for further study.

Now with the print edition, enjoy the bundled interactive eBook edition, which can be downloaded to your tablet and smartphone or accessed online and includes features like:
• Complete content with enhanced navigation
• Powerful search tools and smart navigation cross-links that pull results from content in the book, your notes, and even the web
• Cross-linked pages, references, and more for easy navigation
• Highlighting tool for easier reference of key content throughout the text
• Ability to take and share notes with friends and colleagues
• Quick reference tabbing to save your favorite content for future use.

Table Of Contents
• Section I: Pharmacology and Physiology
1. Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
2. Uteroplacental Anatomy, Blood Flow, Respiratory Gas Exchange, Drug Transfer, and Teratogenicity
3. Local Anesthetics and Toxicity
4. Obstetric Medications
• Section II: Antepartum Considerations
5. Ethical and Legal Considerations
6. Non-Obstetric Surgery During Pregnancy
• Section III: Labor & Delivery
7. Fetal Assessment and Monitoring
8. Maternal Infection and Fever
9. Non-Neuraxial Analgesic Techniques
10. Choice of Neuraxial Analgesia and Local Anesthetics
11. Ultrasound and Echocardiographic Techniques
12 Impact of Neuraxial Analgesia on Obstetric Outcomes
13. Anesthetic Considerations for Women Receiving Cesarean Delivery
14. Difficult Airway Management in the Pregnant Patient
15. Anesthesia for Multiple Gestation and Breech Presentation
16. Obstetric Emergencies
17. Newborn Resuscitation
• Section IV: Postpartum Issues
18. Post-cesarean Analgesia
19. Management of Postdural Puncture Headache
20. Neurologic Deficits following Labor and Delivery
21. Postpartum Tubal Ligation
• Section V: Disease States
22. Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
23. Endocrine Disorders
24. Thrombophilias/Coagulopathies
25. Cardiac Disease in the Obstetric Patient
26. Neurologic and Neuromuscular Disease
27. Renal and Hepatic Disease in the Pregnant Patient
28. Obstetric Anesthesia for Parturients with Respiratory Diseases
29. Obesity and Pregnancy
30. Trauma in the Obstetric Patient
31. Management of the Opioid Dependent Parturient
• Section VI: Maternal Safety
32. Maternal Morbidity and Mortality
33. Guidelines from National Organizations: American Society of Anesthesiologists, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and American Academy of Pediatrics