Chapter 1: The History of Obstetric Anesthesia
Chapter 2: Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
Chapter 3: Uteroplacental Blood Flow
Chapter 4: The Placenta: Anatomy, Physiology and Transfer of
Drugs
Chapter 5: Fetal Physiology
Chapter 6: Antepartum Fetal Assessment and Therapy
Chapter 7: Anesthesia for Fetal Surgery
Chapter 8: Intrapartum Fetal Assessment and Therapy
Chapter 9: Neonatal Assessment and Resuscitation
Chapter 10: Fetal and Neonatal Neurologic Injury
Chapter 11: Spinal, Epidural and Caudal Anesthesia: Anatomy,
Physiology and Technique
Chapter 12: Local Anesthetics
Chapter 13: Nonanesthetic Drugs During Pregnancy and Lactation
Chapter 14: In Vitro-Fertilization and Other Assisted
Reproductive Techniques
Chapter 15: Problems of Early Pregnancy
Chapter 16: Nonobstetric Surgery during Pregnancy
Chapter 17: Obstetric Management of Labor and Vaginal Delivery
Chapter 18: The Pain of Childbirth and Its Effect on the Mother
and Fetus
Chapter 19: Childbirth Preparation and Nonpharmacologic Analgesia
Chapter 20: Systemic Analgesia: Parenteral and Inhalational
Agents
Chapter 21: Section I. Local Anesthetic Techniques
Chapter 21: Section II. Opioid Techniques
Chapter 21: Section III. Effect on the Progess of Labor and
Method of Delivery
Chapter 22: Alternative Regional Anesthetic Techniques:
Paracervical Block, Lumbar Sympathetic Block, Pudendal Block,
and Perineal Infiltration
Chapter 23: Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Section
Chapter 24: Postpartum Tubal Sterilization
Chapter 25: Anesthesia for Cersarean Section
Chapter 26: Anesthesia for Fetal Distress
Chapter 27: Postoperative Analgesia: Systemic Techniques
Chapter 28: Postoperative Analgesia: Epidural and Spinal
Techniques
Chapter 29: Medicolegal Issues in Obsetric Anesthesia
Chapter 30: Aspiration: Risk, Prophylaxis and Treatment
Chapter 31: The Difficult Airway: Risk, Prophylaxis and
Management
Chapter 32: Postpartum Headache
Chapter 33: Neurologic Complications of Labor, Delivery and
Regional Anesthesia
Chapter 34: Preterm Labor and Delivery
Chapter 35: Abnormal Presentation and Multiple Gestation
Chapter 36: Fever and Infection
Chapter 37: Antepartum and Postpartum Hemorrhage
Chapter 38: Enbolic Disorders
Chapter 39: Antoimmune Disorders
Chapter 40: Cardiovascular Disease
Chapter 41: Endocrine Disorders
Chapter 42: Hematologic and Coagulation Disorders
Chapter 43: Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Chapter 44: Hypertensive Disorders
Chapter 45: Liver Disease
Chapter 46: Malignant Hyperthermia
Chapter 47: Musculoskeletal Disorders
Chapter 48: Neurologic and Neuromuscular Disease
Chapter 49: Obesity
Chapter 50: Renal Disease
Chapter 51: Respiratory Disease
Chapter 52: Substance Abuse
Chapter 53: Trauma