Obstetric Anesthesia and Heart Disease: Practical Clinical Considerations.
Maternal morbidity and mortality as a result of cardiac disease is increasing in the United States. Safe management of pregnancy in women with heart disease requires appropriate anesthetic, cardiac, and obstetric care. The anesthesiologist should risk stratify pregnant patients based upon cardiac disease etiology and severity in order to determine the appropriate type of hospital and location within the hospital for delivery and anesthetic management. Increased intrapartum hemodynamic monitoring may be necessary and neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia is typically appropriate. The anesthesiologist should anticipate obstetric and cardiac emergencies such as emergency cesarean delivery, postpartum hemorrhage, and peripartum arrhythmias. This clinical review answers practical questions for the obstetric anesthesiologist and the nonsubspecialist anesthesiologist who regularly practices obstetric anesthesiology.
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- Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
- Pregnancy
- Humans
- Heart Diseases
- Female
- Delivery, Obstetric
- Anesthesiology
- Anesthesia, Obstetrical
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Published In
DOI
EISSN
Publication Date
Volume
Issue
Start / End Page
Location
Related Subject Headings
- Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular
- Pregnancy
- Humans
- Heart Diseases
- Female
- Delivery, Obstetric
- Anesthesiology
- Anesthesia, Obstetrical
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences