Obstetric Anaesthesia : Anaesthesia in a Nutshell

Obstetric anaesthesia is a challenging subspecialty.

For trainees, it is initially difficult to cope with the stresses and complexities of this branch of anaesthesia.

This practical text has been written to assist trainees in the safe management of the different problems that they will be presented with whilst working on the delivery suite.

As well as a thorough grounding in all aspects of anaesthesia in pregnancy, it offers drug and dosing guidelines and practical tips on the management of common problems.

It covers the relevant aspects of obstetric anaesthesia that will be asked about in the examination for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

Key topics include: labour and the fetus; drugs, the placenta and the fetus; antenatal anaesthetic considerations; analgesia for labour; anaesthesia for caesarean section; general anaesthesia; the third stage of labour; haemorrhage and other emergencies; pre-eclampsia and eclampsia; intercurrent disease; maternal and perinatal audit; maternal and neonatal resuscitation; anaesthesia for surgery during pregnancy. Series editors are: George Hall, MB BS PhD FIBiol FRCA, Chairman and Professor of Anaesthesia, St George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK P Neville Robinson, FRCA, Consultant Anaesthetist, Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex, UK.

Other titles in the series are: "Neurosurgical Anaesthesia" by George Hall and Judith Dinsmore; "Paediatric Anaesthesia" by Ann Black and Angus McEwan; "Cardiovascular and Thoracic Anaesthesia" by John Gothard, Andrea Kelleher and Elizabeth Haxby; and "Trauma and Orthopaedic Anaesthesia" by Geraldine Edge and Mary Fennelly.