Chestnut's Obstetric Anesthesia, 7th Edition

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, Transfer of Drugs, and Pathology

PART III: Fetal and Neonatal Assessment and Therapy
5. Fetal Physiology
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
11. Quality, Patient Safety, and Medical Error

PART IV: Foundations in Obstetric Anesthesia
12. Spinal and Epidural Analgesia and Anesthesia: Anatomy, Physiology, and Technique
13. Local Anesthetics and Opioids
14. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Obstetric Anesthesia Care
15. Obstetric Anesthesia in Low- and Middle-Income Countries

PART V: Anesthesia Before and During Pregnancy
16. Pharmacology During Pregnancy and Lactation
17. Problems of Early Pregnancy
18. Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy

PART VI: Labor and Delivery Vaginal Delivery
19. Obstetric Management of Labor and Vaginal Delivery
20. Trial of Labor and Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Delivery
21. The Pain of Childbirth and Its Effect on the Mother and the Fetus
22. Childbirth Preparation and Nonpharmacologic Analgesia
23. Systemic and Nonneuraxial Regional Labor Analgesia
24. Epidural and Spinal Analgesia: Anesthesia for Labor and Vaginal Delivery
25. Postpartum Tubal Sterilization

PART VII: Cesarean Delivery
26. Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery
27. Postoperative Analgesia

PART VIII: Anesthesia 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 and Informed Consent 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

PART X: The Patient With Systemic Disease
39. Maternal Mortality
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. Musculoskeletal Disorders
47. Neurologic and Neuromuscular Disease
48. Obesity
49. Psychiatric Disorders
50. Renal Disease
51. Respiratory Disease
52. Substance Use Disorders
53. Trauma and Critical Care

Cynthia A. Wong, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA, Warwick D Ngan Kee, MD, Director of Obstetric Anaesthesia, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 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, Yaakov Beilin, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Science, Vice Chair for Quality, Department of Anesthesiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 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, Lisa Leffert, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut and David H. Chestnut, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA