Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia |
Contents
History of Obstetric Anaesthesia | 1 |
Physiology of Pregnancy and Labour | 9 |
Pharmacology of Drugs Used in Labour | 50 |
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acidosis administration adrenaline agents Anaesth anaesthesia for Caesarean anaesthetist Analg analgesic Anesthesiology blood loss blood pressure breech delivery bupivacaine cardiac output catheter caudal analgesia cause caval occlusion clinical cmH2O Commonw concentration Crawford curr diazepam dose drugs effect Entonox epidural anesthesia epidural block epidural space ergometrine fetal blood fetus forceps delivery Gynec haemorrhage halothane hypertension hypotension incidence increase induction infant infusion inhalation intravenous injection intubation Jouppila ketamine lignocaine local anaesthetic lumbar epidural analgesia metabolic midwives minutes mmHg Moir morphine mother muscle narcotic analgesics needle neonatal newborn nitrous oxide normal obstetric obstetric anaesthesia obstetricians occur oxygen oxytocin pain relief paracervical block patients pethidine placental placental blood flow placental transfer plasma Po₂ pre-eclampsia pregnancy prolonged pudendal nerve pudendal nerve block pulmonary puncture Queen Mother's Hospital reduced risk Shnider spinal anaesthesia stage of labour subarachnoid analgesia supine position suxamethonium technique thiopentone usually uterine action uterine contractions uterus venous women