Halpern / Douglas Evidence-Based Obstetric Anesthesia

1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-99404-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 256 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Evidence-Based Medicine

This is the first text to systematically review the evidence forobstetric anesthesia and analgesia.
Evidence-based practice is now being embraced worldwide as arequirement for all clinicians; in the everyday use of anesthesiaand analgesia for childbirth, anesthetists will find this synthesisof the best evidence an invaluable resource to inform theirpractice.
Contributions from anesthetic specialists trained in the skillsof systematic reviewing provide a comprehensive and practical guideto best practice in normal and caesarean section childbirth.
This book, coming from one of the world's leadingobstetric centers and the cradle of evidence-based medicine, is amuch needed addition to the obstetric anesthesia literature.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Halpern, Stephen H.

Douglas, M. Joanne

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contributors.
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Section 1: Analgesia for Normal Labor.
1 Consent for obstetric analgesia and anesthesia.
2 Epidural analgesia and the progress of labor.
3 Maintenance of epidural analgesia for labor--continuousinfusion or patient controlled.
4 The use of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation forlabor pain.
5 Is nitrous oxide an effective analgesic for labor? Aqualitative systematic review.
6 Choice of local anesthetic for labor anddelivery--bupivacaine, ropivacaine and levobupivacaine.
7 Intrathecal opioids in labor--do they increase the riskof fetal bradycardia?.
8 Epidural catheter design and the incidence ofcomplications.
Section 2: Anesthesia for Cesarean Section.
9 The effect of increasing central blood volume to decrease theincidence of hypotension following spinal anesthesia for cesareansection.
10 The use of vasopressors for the prevention and treatment ofhypotension secondary to regional anesthesia for cesareansection.
11 Is regional anesthesia safer than general anesthesia forcesarean section?.
12 Prevention and treatment of side-effects of neuraxialopioids.
13 Multimodal analgesia following cesarean section: use ofnon-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs combined with neuraxialopioids.
Section 3: Complications of Obstetric Anesthesia.
14 The use of neuraxial anesthesia in parturients withthrombocytopenia: what is an adequate platelet count?.
15 A rational approach to aspiration prophylaxis.
16 Postdural puncture headache.
17 Epidural analgesia and back pain.
18 Analgesia for external cephalic version.
19 Is there a difference between the obstetric and non-obstetricairway?.
Appendix: Jadad scale for reporting randomized controlledtrials.
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen H Halpern, Director of Obstetrical Anaesthesia, Sunnybrookand Women's College Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto,Toronto, ON, Canada
M Joanne Douglas, Clinical Professor, Department of Anaesthesia,University of British Columbia and British Columbia's Women'sHospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada