Obstetric Anaesthesia: Prepare for the FRCA
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Preface - p. 5 6. About the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal and this e-book - p. 6 7. Assessments - p. 7 8. Section 1: Applied Maternal Physiology - p. 8 9. Uterine physiology - p. 9 10. Functions of the placenta - p. 12 11. Section 2: Intercurrent Disease and Pregnancy - p. 16 12. Antenatal anaesthetic assessment of the obstetric patient - p. 17 13. Cardiac disease in pregnancy - p. 20 14. The treatment of hypertension in pregnancy - p. 23 15. Section 3: Analgesia for Labour - p. 26 16. Consent in obstetric anaesthesia - p. 27 17. Non-neuraxial analgesia in labour - p. 29 18. Analgesia in labour: induction and maintenance - p. 33 19. Techniques of epidural block - p. 37 20. Neurological complications in obstetric regional anaesthesia - p. 41 21. Post-dural puncture headache in the parturient - p. 44 22. Section 4: Anaesthesia for Operative Delivery - p. 47 23. Spinal anaesthesia - p. 48 24. Managing hypotension during anaesthesia for caesarean section - p. 51 25. Regional anaesthesia for caesarean section (and what to do when it fails) - p. 54 26. General anaesthesia for operative obstetrics - p. 57 27. Failed intubation in obstetrics - p. 61 28. Section 5: Obstetric Emergencies - p. 65 29. Obstetric emergencies - p. 66 30. Peripartum and intrapartum assessment of the fetus - p. 71 31. Intrauterine fetal resuscitation - p. 74 32. Pre-eclampsia and the anaesthetist - p. 77 33. Obstetric haemorrhage - p. 81
Obstetric Anaesthesia: Prepare for the FRCA
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Title page - p. 2 3. Table of Contents - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. Preface - p. 5 6. About the Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine Journal and this e-book - p. 6 7. Assessments - p. 7 8. Section 1: Applied Maternal Physiology - p. 8 9. Uterine physiology - p. 9 10. Functions of the placenta - p. 12 11. Section 2: Intercurrent Disease and Pregnancy - p. 16 12. Antenatal anaesthetic assessment of the obstetric patient - p. 17 13. Cardiac disease in pregnancy - p. 20 14. The treatment of hypertension in pregnancy - p. 23 15. Section 3: Analgesia for Labour - p. 26 16. Consent in obstetric anaesthesia - p. 27 17. Non-neuraxial analgesia in labour - p. 29 18. Analgesia in labour: induction and maintenance - p. 33 19. Techniques of epidural block - p. 37 20. Neurological complications in obstetric regional anaesthesia - p. 41 21. Post-dural puncture headache in the parturient - p. 44 22. Section 4: Anaesthesia for Operative Delivery - p. 47 23. Spinal anaesthesia - p. 48 24. Managing hypotension during anaesthesia for caesarean section - p. 51 25. Regional anaesthesia for caesarean section (and what to do when it fails) - p. 54 26. General anaesthesia for operative obstetrics - p. 57 27. Failed intubation in obstetrics - p. 61 28. Section 5: Obstetric Emergencies - p. 65 29. Obstetric emergencies - p. 66 30. Peripartum and intrapartum assessment of the fetus - p. 71 31. Intrauterine fetal resuscitation - p. 74 32. Pre-eclampsia and the anaesthetist - p. 77 33. Obstetric haemorrhage - p. 81
