In the United States, over half of pregnant women receive some form of anesthesia for their deliveries; this translates into well over 2 million anesthetics per year. With this new handbook, anesthesiologists have easy access to step-by-step, to-the-point information on how to manage patients in specific situations. Every aspect of obstetric anesthesia practice is covered, including patient evaluation, anesthesia for labor and delivery, anesthesia for cesarean delivery, management of patients with concurrent medical problems, management of obstetric emergencies, fetal assessment, and neonatal resuscitation. Distilled, synthesized text is complemented by a generous number of tables, charts, figures and flow diagrams, all presented in accessible handbook format. Obstetric Anesthesia is an ideal introduction to the specialty as well as an essential daily guide for obstetric patient care and management.

CMP: Director, Department of Anesthesiology, University Physicians Healthcare Hospital, and Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology, Department of Anesthesiology, College of Medicine, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson, Arizona RA: Professor, Wake Forest University School of Medicine,Department of Anesthesiology, Section of Obstetric Anesthesiology , Winston-Salem, North Carolina MJP: Professor and Chair of Obstetric Anaesthesia, Division of Anaesthesia, Royal Perth Hospital, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Pharmacology and Anaesthesiology Unit, The University of Western Australia

Preface Contributors Abbreviations Chapter 1: Neuroanatomy and Neurophysiology Chapter 2: Anatomic and Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy Chapter 3: Pain Relief for Labor and Delivery Chapter 4: Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery Chapter 5: Post-Cesarean Analgesia Chapter 6: Anesthesia for Surgery During and After Pregnancy Chapter 7: Pregnancy Induced Hypertension and Preeclampsia Chapter 8: Obstetric Hemorrhage Chapter 9: Obesity Chapter 10: Co-existing Disease and Other Issues Chapter 11: Complications of Labor and Delivery Chapter 12: Fetal Assessment and Care Chapter 13: Management of Later Complications of Obstetric Anesthesia and Analgesia Chapter 14: Critical Care of the Obstetric Patient Chapter 15: Neonatal Resuscitation Index