Chestnut's obstetric anesthesia : principles and practice / [edited by] David H. Chestnut, MD [and seven others].

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of obstetric anesthesia -- Physiologic changes of pregnancy -- Uteroplacental blood flow -- The placenta : anatomy, physiology, and transfer of drugs -- Fetal physiology -- Antepartum fetal assessment and therapy -- Anesthesia for fetal surgery and other intrauterine procedures -- Intrapartum fetal assessment and therapy -- Neonatal assessment and resuscitation -- Fetal and neonatal neurologic injury -- Patient safety and team training -- Spinal, epidural, and caudal anesthesia : anatomy, physiology, and technique -- Local anesthetics and opioids -- Pharmacology during pregnancy and lactation -- In vitro fertilization and other assisted reproductive technology -- Problems of early pregnancy -- Nonobstetric surgery during pregnancy -- Obstetric management of labor and vaginal delivery -- Trial of labor and vaginal birth after cesarean delivery -- The pain of childbirth and its effect on the mother and the fetus -- Childbirth preparation and nonpharmacologic analgesia -- Systemic analgesia : parenteral and inhalational agents -- Epidural and spinal analgesia: anesthesia for labor and vaginal delivery -- Alternative regional analgesic techniques for labor and vaginal delivery -- Postpartum tubal sterilization -- Anesthesia for cesarean delivery -- Postoperative analgesia -- Aspiration : risk, prophylaxis, and treatment -- The difficult airway : risk, assessment, prophylaxis, and management -- Postpartum headache -- Neurologic complications of pregnancy and neuraxial anesthesia -- Shared decision-making and communication -- Preterm labor and delivery -- Abnormal presentation and multiple gestation -- Hypertensive disorders -- Infection -- Antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage -- Embolic disorders -- Maternal mortality -- Autoimmune disorders -- Cardiovascular disease -- Chronic pain during and after pregnancy -- Endocrine disorders -- Hematologic and coagulation disorders -- Liver disease -- Malignant hyperthermia -- Musculoskeletal disorders -- Neurologic and neuromuscular disease -- Obesity -- Psychiatric disorders -- Renal disease -- Respiratory disease -- Substance use disorders -- Trauma and critical care -- American Society of Anesthesiologists guidelines for neuraxial anesthesia in obstetrics -- Practice guidelines for obstetric anesthesia: an updated report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force On Obstetric Anesthesia and the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology -- Optimal goals for anesthesia care in obstetrics -- Information technology resources for obstetric anesthesia providers.

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