Shnider and Levinson's Anesthesia for Obstetrics 5/e

Now in a fully updated Fifth Edition, Shnider and Levinson s Anesthesia for Obstetrics, continues to provide the
comprehensive coverage that has made it the leading reference in the field. The rising number of Cesarean births and
the more advanced age of first-time mothers in the United States have brought with them an increased risk for
complications, making the role of the obstetric anesthesiologist increasingly important. Inside you뭠l explore??
Maternal and Fetal Physiology builds your understanding of placental transfer of drugs. ?Fetal Assessment covers the
basics of antenatal assessment and intrapartum monitoring. ?Anesthesia and Analgesia addresses the anesthetic
considerations of vaginal and Cesarean delivery. ?Neonatal Well-Being뾦ncluding neonatal resuscitation and neonatal
injury. ?Management of Obstetric Complications helps minimize the risks posed by abnormal positioning, intrapartum
fever, and antepartum and postpartum hemorrhage. ?Management of Anesthetic Complications addresses the special
problems related to obstetric anesthesia, including embolic events and intubation problems. ?Management of the
Parturient with Coexisting Disorders prepares you for the special challenges faced when treating mothers with
hypertensive, respiratory, endocrine, neurologic, or other disorders. ?Difficult and Failed Intubation: Strategies,
Prevention, and Management of Airway-Related Catastrophes addresses the airway related maternal mortality, predictors
of difficult airway and strategies to manage the unanticipated difficult airway as well as the critical airway with
increasing hyoxemia. NEW to the Fifth Edition??New editorial team ?New full-color format ?New sections on
Assessment of the Fetus; Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery; Neonatal Well-Being: Old and New Concepts; Ethical, Medical,
and Social Challenges and Issues; Maternal Safety, Difficult and Failed Intubation, Morbidity, and Mortality; and
Anesthetic Considerations for Reproductive, In-Utero, and Non-Obstetric Procedures


Table of Contents
Section I:Â PHYSIOLOGY AND PHARMACOLOGY 1. Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy Brenda A. Bucklin and Andrea J. Fuller 2.
Uteroplacental Circulation and Respiratory Gas Exchange Mark I. Zakowski and Sivam Ramanathan 3. Placental Transfer of
Drugs and Perinatal Pharmacology David Campbell and Monica San Vicente Section II:Â ASSESSMENT OF THE FETUS 4.
Antenatal Fetal Assessment, Therapy, and Outcomes Christina Davidson 5. Intrapartum Fetal Monitoring: Old and New
Concepts Michelle Simon, Rakesh B. Vadhera, George R. Saade Section III: ANALGESIA AND ANESTHESIA FOR LABOR AND VAGINAL
DELIVERY 6. Alternative (Non-pharmacologic) Methods of Labor Analgesia Katherine W. Arendt and William Camann  7.
Systemic and Inhalational Agents for Labor Analgesia Samantha Wilson and Roshan Fernando 8. Local Anesthetics in
Obstetrics: Evidence-based Applications, Controversies, Toxicity, and Current Therapies Barbara M. Scavone 9. Regional
Analgesia/Anesthesia Techniques in Obstetrics Manuel C. Vallejo 10. Anesthesia for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean
Delivery Chawla LaToya Mason and Nikolaos Marios Zacharias 11. Effects of Anesthesia on Uterine Activity, Progress in
Labor and Outcomes Elena Reitman, Pamela Flood, Mrinalini Balki Section IV: ANESTHESIA FOR CESAREAN DELIVERY:
MANAGEMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE AND POSTPARTUM ISSUES 12. Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery McCallum R. Hoyt 13.
Postoperative Multimodal Acute Pain Management: Cesarean and Vaginal Delivery Rodolfo Gebhardt, Sarah L. Armstrong,
Oscar A. de Leon-Casasola, Thomas Chai, Julie A. Sparlin, Jose M. Rivers, Roshan Fernando 14. Chronic Pain Issues
After Cesarean Delivery Ruth Landau 15. Anesthesia for Nondelivery Obstetric Procedures Christopher R. Cambic and Feyce
M. Peralta Section V: NEONATAL WELL-BEING: OLD AND NEW CONCEPTS 16. Neonatal Resuscitation Emily J. Baird, Richard C.
Month, Valerie A. Arkoosh 17. Management of Neonatal Neurologic Injury: Evidence-based Outcomes Mihaela Podovei and
Bhavani Shankar Kodali Section VI: ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT OF OBSTETRIC COMPLICATIONS 18. Abnormal
Fetal Positions, Breech Presentations, Shoulder Dystocia, and Multiple Gestation Thomas Gough and Paul Howell 19.
Preterm Labor and Delivery Carlo Pancaro 20. Intrapartum Fever, Infection, and Sepsis Laura Goetzl 21. Obstetric
Hemorrhage, Novel Pharmacologic Interventions, Blood Conservation Techniques, and Hemorrhage Protocols Ashutosh Wali
and Jonathan H. Waters Section VII: RISKS, STRATEGIES AND MANAGEMENT OF ANESTHETIC COMPLICATIONS 22. Amniotic Fluid
Embolism Quisqueya T. Palacios 23. Venous Thromboembolism in Pregnancy and Guidelines for Neuraxial Anesthesia
Following Anticoagulant and Antithrombotic Drugs Quisqueya T. Palacios 24. Difficult and Failed Intubation: Strategies,
Prevention and Management of Airway-related Catastrophes in Obstetrical Patients Maya S. Suresh, Ashutosh Wali, Edward
T. Crosby 25. NPO Controversies—Pulmonary Aspiration: Risks and Management Geraldine O’Sullivan and Scott Segal 26.
Neurologic Complications of Regional Anesthesia in Obstetrics David Wlody 27. Postdural Puncture Headache Alice Lam
Oswald Section VIII: ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF THE PARTURIENT WITH COEXISTING DISORDERS 28. Hypertensive Disorders of
Pregnancy Jaya Ramanathan, Ravpreet Singh Gill, Baha Sibai 29. Anesthesia for Pregnant Patients with Endocrine
Disorders Peter H. Pan and Ashley M. Tonidandel 30. Anesthetic Management of the Pregnant Cardiac Patient Shobana
Chandrasekhar, Daniel A. Tolpin, Dennis T. Mangano 31. Asthma in Pregnancy Uma Munnur and Venkata Bandi 32. Neurologic
and Neuromuscular Disorders Stephanie R. Goodman and Suzanne Wattenmaker Mankowitz 33. The Parturient with Intracranial
and Spinal Pathology Ellen Lockhart and Curtis Baysinger 34. New Thoughts on Bleeding and Coagulation Disorders Moeen
K. Panni 35. Morbid Obesity J. Sudharma Ranasinghe and Donald H. Penning 36. Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Maternal and
Fetal Considerations and Management Roulhac D. Toledano and May C. M. Pian-Smith 37. Renal and Hepatic Disorders in
Pregnancy Michael Paech 38. Anesthesia for the Pregnant Patient with Immunologic Disorders Stephen H. Halpern and
Margaret Srebrnjak 39. Psychiatric Disorders Julio Delgado and Michael Fr\u00f6lich 40. Parturient with Pre-existing
Congenital Anomalies David G. Mann Section IX: ETHICAL, MEDICAL, AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES AND ISSUES 41. Informed Consent
and Other Ethical and Legal Issues in Obstetric Anesthesia William J. Sullivan and M. Joanne Douglas 42. Substance
Abuse and the Drug-addicted Mother John T. Sullivan 43. Jehovah’s Witness: Ethical and Anesthetic-related Issues
Connie Tran 44. Trauma During Pregnancy: Maternal Resuscitation, Rapid Response Team, and Protocols Sally Radelat Raty,
Kenneth L. Mattox, Uma Munnur, Andrew Miller, Mihaela Podovei Section X: MATERNAL SAFETY, MORBIDITY, AND MORTALITY 45.
Utilization of Crisis Resource Management and Simulation in Maternal and Neonatal Safety Stephen D. Pratt 46. Near
Misses and Maternal Mortality Joy L. Hawkins 47. Global Perspective on Obstetric Anesthesia Holly Muir and Medge Owen
Section XI: ANESTHETIC CONSIDERATIONS FOR REPRODUCTIVE, IN-UTERO AND NON-OBSTETRIC PROCEDURES 48. In vitro
Fertilization and Reproductive Technologies Roanne Preston and Katherine Cheesman 49. In Utero Fetal Surgery and Ex
Utero Intrapartum Therapy (EXIT) David G. Mann and Olutoyin A. Olutoye 50. Non-obstetric Surgery during Pregnancy
Yaakov Beilin APPENDICES A Guidelines for Neuraxial Anesthesia in Obstetrics B Practice Guidelines for Obstetric
Anesthesia: An Updated Report by the American Society of Anesthesiologists Task Force on Obstetric Anesthesia C Optimal
Goals for Anesthesia Care in Obstetrics D Intrapartum Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring: Nomenclature, Interpretation, and
General Management Principles