Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 313-326, June 2010

Anaesthesia for the obstetric patient with (non-obstetric) systemic disease

  • Peter J.W. Reide, MA, MBBS, FRCA (Fellow)

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  • Steve M. Yentis, BSc, MBBS, FRCA, MD, MA (Consultant)

Magill Department of Anaesthesia, Intensive Care & Pain Management, Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Rd., London SW10 9NH, UK

published online 04 January 2010.

The number of women with serious (non-obstetric) systemic diseases achieving pregnancy and requiring obstetric anaesthetic management is increasing. The conditions that are most likely to cause maternal morbidity and mortality are cardiac disease, respiratory disease, neuromuscular disease, haematological disease, connective and metabolic diseases and psychiatric conditions including substance abuse. This article discusses the anaesthetic management of the pregnant mother with such serious systemic diseases.

Keywords: anaesthesia, obstetric, heart diseases, lung diseases, nervous system diseases, connective tissue diseases, mental disorder

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PII: S1521-6934(09)00151-5

doi:10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2009.11.012

Best Practice & Research Clinical Obstetrics & Gynaecology
Volume 24, Issue 3 , Pages 313-326, June 2010

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