Textbook of Obstetric Anaesthesia [Paperback]

A fully illustrated 2002 account of all aspects of modern obstetric anaesthesia.Textbook of Obstetric Anaesthesia is a comprehensive, completely up-to-date and fully illustrated account of all aspects of modern obstetric anaesthesia, as practised today. Written by a multidisciplinary team of expert contributors, it features state-of-the-art chapters covering everything from departmental audit to cutting-edge practice for neonatal resuscitation and administration of mobile epidurals.Textbook of Obstetric Anaesthesia is a comprehensive, completely up-to-date and fully illustrated account of all aspects of modern obstetric anaesthesia, as practised today. Written by a multidisciplinary team of expert contributors, it features state-of-the-art chapters covering everything from departmental audit to cutting-edge practice for neonatal resuscitation and administration of mobile epidurals.Textbook of Obstetric Anaesthesia is a comprehensive, completely up-to-date and fully illustrated account of all aspects of modern obstetric anaesthesia, as practised today. Written by a multidisciplinary team of expert contributors, it features state-of-the-art chapters covering everything from departmental audit to cutting-edge practice for neonatal resuscitation and administration of mobile epidurals.1. History of obstetric analgesia and anaesthesia; 2. Maternal physiology; 3. Audit in obstetric anaesthesia; 4. Non-regional analgesia I (non pharmacological); 5. Non-regional analgesia II (pharmacological); 6. Regional analgesia for labour; 7. Ambulatory analgesia in labour; 8. Anaesthesia for caesarean section: general anaesthesia; 9. Regional anaesthesia for caesarean section; 10. Anaesthesia for the distressed fetus and major obstetric haemorrhage; 11. Intrapartum fetal monitoring; 12. The obstetric patient with cardiac disease; 13. The obstetric patient with respiratory, neurological and endocrine disease; 14. Pre-eclampsia; 15. Intensive and high dependency care of the obstetric patil3