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ISBN: 9780323848527
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 03-08-2021
Page Count: 1382
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Chestnut's Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSouce, 6th Edition

by David H. Chestnut, MD, Cynthia A. Wong, MD, Lawrence C. Tsen, MD, Warwick D Ngan Kee, MD, Yaakov Beilin, MD, Jill M. Mhyre, MD, Brian T. Bateman, MD, MSc and Naveen Nathan, MD*

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cover image - Chestnut's Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice - Elsevier eBook on VitalSouce, 6th Edition
ISBN: 9780323848527
Copyright: 2020
Publication Date: 03-08-2021
Page Count: 1382
Imprint: Elsevier
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Comprehensive, user-friendly, and up to date, Chestnut's Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice, 6th Edition, provides the authoritative clinical information you need to provide optimal care to your patients. This substantially revised edition keeps you current on everything from basic science to anesthesia techniques to complications, including coverage of new research that is paving the way for improved patient outcomes. An expert editorial team ensures that this edition remains a must-have resource for obstetric anesthesiologists and obstetricians, nurse anesthetists and anesthesiology assistants, and anesthesiology and obstetric residents and students.

    • Presents the latest information on anesthesia techniques for labor and delivery and medical disorders that occur during pregnancy, emphasizing the treatment of the fetus and the mother as separate patients with distinct needs.
    • Contains new chapters on shared decision-making in obstetric anesthesia and chronic pain during and after pregnancy.
    • Features extensive revisions from cover to cover, including consolidated information on maternal infection and postoperative analgesia.
    • Covers key topics such as neonatal assessment and resuscitation, pharmacology during pregnancy and lactation, use of nitrous oxide for labor analgesia, programmed intermittent epidural bolus (PIEB) technique, epidural analgesia-associated fever, the role of gastric ultrasonography to assess the risk of aspiration, sugammadex in obstetric anesthesia, the role of video laryngoscopy and new supraglottic airway devices, spinal dysraphism, and cardiac arrest in obstetric patients.
    • Incorporates the latest guidelines on congenital heart disease and the management of sepsis, as well as difficult airway guidelines that are specific to obstetric anesthesia practice.
    • Offers abundant figures, tables, and boxes that illustrate the step-by-step management of a full range of clinical scenarios.
    • Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
  • Chestnut et al: Chestnut’s Obstetric Anesthesia: Principles and Practice 6/e

    Part I: Introduction

    1. The History of Obstetric Anesthesia

    Part II: Maternal and Fetal Physiology

    2. Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy

    3. Uteroplacental Blood Flow

    4. The Placenta: Anatomy, Physiology, and Transfer of Drugs

    5. Fetal Physiology

    Part III: Fetal and Neonatal Assessment and Therapy

    6. Antepartum Fetal Assessment and Therapy

    7. Anesthesia for Fetal Surgery and Other Intrauterine Procedures

    8. Intrapartum Fetal Assessment and Therapy

    9. Neonatal Assessment and Resuscitation

    10. Fetal and Neonatal Neurologic Injury

    Part IV: Foundations in Obstetric Anesthesia

    11. Patient Safety and Team Training

    12. Spinal, Epidural, and Caudal Anesthesia: Anatomy, Physiology, and Technique

    13. Local Anesthetics and Opioids

    Part V: Anesthesia Before and During Pregnancy

    14. Pharmacology and Nonanesthetic Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation

    15. In Vitro Fertilization and Other Assisted Reproductive Technology

    16. Problems of Early Pregnancy

    17. Nonobstetric Surgery during Pregnancy

    Part VI: Labor and Vaginal Delivery

    18. Obstetric Management of Labor and Vaginal Delivery

    19. Trial of Labor and Vaginal Birth after Cesarean Delivery

    20. The Pain of Childbirth and its Effect on the Mother and the Fetus

    21. Childbirth Preparation and Nonpharmacologic Analgesia

    22. Systemic Analgesia: Parenteral and Inhalational Agents

    23. Epidural and Spinal Analgesia/ Anesthesia for Labor and Vaginal Delivery

    24. Alternative Regional Analgesic Techniques for Labor and Vaginal Delivery

    25. Postpartum Tubal Sterilization

    Part VII: Cesarean Delivery

    26. Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery

    27. Postoperative Analgesia

    Part VIII: Anesthetic Complications

    28. Aspiration: Risk, Prophylaxis, and Treatment

    29. The Difficult Airway: Risk, Assessment, Prophylaxis, and Management

    30. Postpartum Headache

    31. Neurologic Complications of Pregnancy and Neuraxial Anesthesia

    32. Shared Decision-Making in Obstetric Anesthesia

    Part IX: Obstetric Complications

    33. Preterm Labor and Delivery

    34. Abnormal Presentation and Multiple Gestation

    35. Hypertensive Disorders

    36. Infection

    37. Antepartum and Postpartum Hemorrhage

    38. Embolic Disorders

    39. Maternal Mortality

    Part X: The Parturient with Systemic Disease

    40. Autoimmune Disorders

    41. Cardiovascular Disease

    42. Chronic Pain During and After Pregnancy

    43. Endocrine Disorders

    44. Hematologic and Coagulation Disorders

    45. Liver Disease

    46. Malignant Hyperthermia

    47. Musculoskeletal Disorders

    48. Neurologic and Neuromuscular Disease

    49. Obesity

    50. Psychiatric Disorders

    51. Renal Disease

    52. Respiratory Disease

    53. Substance Abuse

    54. Trauma and Critical Care

    Appendices

    Appendix A: American Society of Anesthesiologist Guidelines for Neuraxial Anesthesia in Obstetrics

    Appendix B: 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

    Appendix C: Optimal Goals for Anesthesia Care in Obstetrics

    Appendix D: Information Technology Resources for Obstetric Anesthesia Providers

  • David H. Chestnut, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Cynthia A. Wong, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, Lawrence C. Tsen, MD, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Director of Anesthesia, Center for Reproductive Medicine, Associate Director, Center for Professionalism and Peer Support Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts., USA, Warwick D Ngan Kee, MD, Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Yaakov Beilin, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Vice Chair for Quality, Department of AnesthesiologyMount Sinai School of Medicine, USA, Jill M. Mhyre, MD, The Dola S Thompson Professor, Director of Obstetric Anesthesia, Vice-Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology, The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, USA, Brian T. Bateman, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School; Chief of Obstetric Anesthesia, Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA and Naveen Nathan, MD*, Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology
    Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
    Northwestern Memorial Hospital
    Chicago, Illinois
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