Obstetric anesthesia has evolved over the course of its history to encompass comprehensive
aspects of maternal care, ranging from cesarean delivery anesthesia and labor analgesia to …

Airway management in critically ill patients involves the identification and management of
the potentially difficult airway in order to avoid untoward complications. This focus on difficult …

Local anesthetic systemic toxicity (LAST) is a rare, adverse event that can occur when local
anesthetics are administered despite advances in technique. Patients can experience mild …

Background: During spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery, phenylephrine can cause
reflexive decreases in maternal heart rate and cardiac output. Norepinephrine has weak β …

The aim of the study was to review maternal hypotension during caesarean delivery with
spinal anesthesia. Obstetric complications, such as obstetric hemorrhage and problems …

Regional centro-axial anaesthesia, primarily spinal block, is the preferred method of
anaesthesia for elective caesarean section because it entails fewer risks for the mother and …

Enhanced recovery after surgery is a concept initially developed for patients undergoing
colorectal surgery but has been adopted by other surgical specialties with similar positive …

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(Table 1). A potential limitation of an initial study by Aya et al. 14 was that mean gestational …

Vasopressors are routinely used to counteract hypotension after neuraxial anesthesia in
Obstetrics. The understanding of the mechanism of hypotension and the choice of …

Hypotension commonly occurs in parturients undergoing cesarean delivery under spinal
anesthesia. This leads to maternal and neonatal adverse outcomes, including maternal …