| Description |
xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
Consent for obstetrical analgesia and anesthesia / Joanne Douglas -- The effect of epidural analgesia on the progress of labor / Barbara Leighton & Stephen Halpern -- Maintenance of epidural analgesia for labor / Stephen Halpern -- The use of transcutaneous nerve stimulation for labor pain / Carolyn Weininger -- Is nitrous oxide an effective analgesic for labor? / Jean Kronberg & Dorothy Thompson -- Choice of local anesthetic for labor and delivery / Stephen Halpern -- Intrathecal opioids in labor / Martin Tramer & Chahé Mardirosoff -- Epidural catheter design and the incidence of complications / Margaret Srebrnjak & Stephen Halpern -- The effect of increasing central blood volume to decrease hypotension following spinal anesthesia for Cesarean section / Pamela Morgan -- The use of vasopressors for the prevention and treatment of hypotension secondary to regional anesthesia for Cesarean section / Stephen Halpern & Michelle Chochinov -- General versus regional anesthesia for Cesarean section / Yehuda Ginosaur & Ian Russell -- Prevention and treatment of side effects of neuraxial opioids / Niall Purdie & Martin van der Vyver -- Multimodal analgesia following Cesarean section / Pamela Angle -- The use of neuraxial anesthesia in parturients with thrombocytopenia / Joanne Douglas -- Rational approach to aspiration prophylaxis / Geraldine O'Sullivan, Andrew Shennan & Darren Hart -- Postdural puncture headache / Peter Choi -- Epidural analgesia and back pain / Terrance Breen -- Analgesia for breech version / William Wight -- Is there a difference between the obstetric and non-obstetric airway? / Eric Goldszmidt |
| Summary |
"This is the first text to systematically review the evidence for obstetric anesthesia and analgesia. Evidence-based practice is now being embraced worldwide as a requirement for all clinicians; in the everyday use of anesthesia and analgesia for childbirth, anesthetists will find this synthesis of the best evidence an invaluable resource to inform their practice."--BOOK JACKET |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Anesthesia in obstetrics.
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Evidence-based medicine.
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| Author |
Halpern, Stephen H.
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Douglas, M. Joanne.
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| LC no. |
2004028825 |
| ISBN |
9780727917348 |
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072791734X |
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