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Analgesia is the relief of pain. It can take a variety of forms including pain medication, local anaesthesia or regional block. Anaesthesia implies either unconsciousness (general anaesthesia) or complete absence of sensation (regional anaesthesia) (Healthtap.com).
Part of the World Clinics: Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain series, this book presents evidence-based reviews of current protocols in the management of labour and delivery using analgesia and/or anaesthesia.
Divided into three sections, the book begins with an introduction to the basic anatomical and physiological changes in pregnancy, practical pharmacology and neonatal physiology.
Section two discusses obstetric analgesia, including non-pharmacological options. The third section describes obstetric anaesthesia, including airway management in general anaesthesia, regional anaesthesia for caesarean section, and management of failed spinal block.
Key points
- Part of World Clinics: Anesthesia, Critical Care & Pain series
- Evidence-based reviews of obstetrical analgesia and anaesthesia
- Contributions from specialists in the USA, Europe and Asia
DK Baheti MD
Consultant Anaesthesiologist and Pain Physician, Bombay Hospital Institute of Medical Sciences, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Ketan Parikh MD FFARCS
Anaesthesiologist, Bombay Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Bhavani Shankar Kodali MD
Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Anaesthesiology, Associate Professor, Harvard Medical School, Department of Anaesthesiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, USA
Sunil T Pandya MD
Head, Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care, Fernandez Hospital, Hyderabad, India
Section I: Obstetric Patient: Basic Sciences
- Anatomical Changes in Pregnancy & its Practical Implications
- Physiological Changes in Pregnancy & its Practical Implications
- Practical Pharmacology in Pregnancy
- Neonatal Physiology
Section II: Obstetric Analgesia: What Options Do We Have?
- Non-Pharmacological Analgesia for labour & delivery
- Systemic & Inhalational Analgesia in labour & delivery
- Neuroaxial Analgesia : Our Options
Section III: Obstetric Anaesthesia:
- Airway management & General Anaesthesia for LSCS
- Regional Anaesthesia for Caesarean Section
- Management of Failed Spinal block for LSCS
- Analgesia following Caesarean Section