Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia: A Manual for Physicians, Nurses and Other Health Personnel, Prepared for the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists

by John J. Bonica (Editor)

Overview

The provision of the best possible anesthetic care to the-greatest number of patients all over the world has always been the main goal of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists. In addition to the establishment of Regional Anesthesiology Training Centers and the organization of Regional and World Congresses, the distribution of practical monographs on some important aspects of anesthesiology were considered important for the attainment of this objective. In 1968, on the occasion of the Fourth World Congress of Anesthesiology, held in London, a monograph on "Emergency Resuscitation", compiled by the Committee on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, chaired by Professor HENNING POULSEN, was made available to our membership. Subsequent­ ly, this excellent monograph was translated into Spanish, Russian, Ger­ man and French and to this date over 100,000 copies of it have been distributed to anesthesiologists and other interested physicians the world over. When looking for a suitable topic for a second monograph to commem­ orate the 1972 World Congress of Anesthesiology to be held in Kyoto this September, the subject of Obstetric Analgesia and Anesthesia was the first choice of almost everyone consulted. For reasons that are hard to condone, obstetric analgesia and anesthesia has often been the step­ child among the anesthetic subspecialties.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783642495236
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	01/01/1972
Edition description:	1972
Pages:	126
Product dimensions:	5.24(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.01(d)

Table of Contents

A. Fundamental Considerations.- 1. Physiologic and Pharmacologic Considerations.- Maternal Physiology and Psychology.- Physiology and Pharmacology of the Placenta and Fetus.- Physiology of the Forces of Labor.- Pharmacology of Obstetric Analgesics, Anesthetics and Related Drugs.- B. Analgesia-Anesthesia for Normal Labor and Vaginal Delivery.- 2. General Considerations.- Basic Principles.- Antepartal Preparation.- Preanesthetic Care.- Intraanesthetic Care.- Postanesthetic Care.- 3. Non-Pharmacologic Methods of Obstetric Analgesia.- Psychologic Analgesia.- Acupuncture Analgesia.- 4. Simple Methods of Obstetric Analgesia.- Management During Latent Phase.- Analgesia During the Active Phase of Labor.- 5. Regional Analgesia-Anesthesia.- Basic Considerations.- Paracervical Block.- Pudendal Block.- Subarachnoid (Spinal) Anesthesia.- Spinal Epidural Block.- Caudal Block.- Complications of Regional Anesthesia.- 6. General Analgesia-Anesthesia.- Basic Considerations.- Inhalation Analgesia.- General Anesthesia.- C. Analgesia-Anesthesia for Complicated Obstetrics.- 7. Anesthesia for Operative Vaginal Delivery.- Forceps Delivery.- Breech Delivery.- Multiple Delivery.- Other Operative Obstetric Procedures.- 8. Anesthesia for Cesarean Section.- Elective Cesarean Section.- Emergency Cesarean Section.- 9. Anesthesia in the Presence of Complications.- Toxemia of Pregnancy.- Heart Disease.- Diabetes Mellitus.- Prematurity.- Fetal Distress.- 10. Management of Newborn.- Basic Considerations.- General Management.- Resuscitation of the Depressed Newborn.- References.