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Chapter 64 - Neuraxial Analgesia and Anesthesia in Obstetrics

from Section 6 - Late Prenatal – Obstetric Problems

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2017

By
Lawrence C. Tsen
Edited by
David James ,
Philip Steer ,
Carl Weiner ,
Bernard Gonik  and
Stephen Robson
David James
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Philip Steer
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
Carl Weiner
Affiliation:
University of Kansas
Bernard Gonik
Affiliation:
Wayne State University, Detroit
Stephen Robson
Affiliation:
University of Newcastle
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Summary

In 1847, the obstetrician James Young Simpson reported the use of diethyl ether to provide peripartum pain relief in a woman with a deformed pelvis. From this beginning, an evolution in the agents and techniques used to provide obstetric analgesia and anesthesia has occurred.

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Ueyama, H, He, YL, Tanigami, H, et al. Effects of crystalloid and colloid preload on blood volume in the parturient undergoing spinal anesthesia for elective cesarean section. Anesthesiology 1999; 91: 1571–6.Google Scholar
Wong, CA, Scavone, BM, Peaceman, AM, et al. The risk of cesarean delivery with neuraxial analgesia given early versus late in labor. N Engl J Med 2005; 352: 655–65.Google Scholar

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