What ’ s New in Obstetric Anesthesia - 2011 ?

Gerard W . Ostheimer “ What ’ s New in Obstetric Anesthesia ” Lecture

THE Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology was founded in 1968 to provide a forum for the discussion of problems unique to the peripartum period. The “What’s New in Obstetric Anesthesia” Lecture was established in 1975 at the annual meeting of the society to update members of the relevant literature published in the previous calendar year. In 1995, this lecture was renamed the “Gerar...

A first step in determining appropriate amounts of obstetric anesthesia work

Ginosar, et al. describe a new performance indicator, the Obstetric Anesthesia Activity Index, to represent the current amount of obstetric anesthesia work done daily at each of 25 Israeli hospitals. The authors claim, correctly, that this index is a closer reflection of the anesthetic workload than simply looking at the number of deliveries at each hospital. However, the Obstetric Anesthesia A...

What about Memory, Consciousness, Recall, and Awareness in Anesthesia?

Airway problems and new solutions for the obstetric patient.

Anesthesia-related complications are the sixth leading cause of pregnancy-related maternal mortality in the United States. Difficult or failed intubation following induction of general anesthesia for cesarean delivery remains the major contributory factor to anesthesia-related maternal complications. Although the use of general anesthesia has been declining in obstetric patients, it may still b...

What's new in obstetric anesthesia?

The current article covers some of the major themes that emerged in 2009 in the fields of obstetric anesthesiology, obstetrics, and perinatology, with a special emphasis on the implications for the obstetric anesthesiologist.