Section I: 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: 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’SUL>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 Frölich
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. SUL>42. Substance Abuse and the Drug-addicted Mother
John T. SUL>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