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OB Anesthesia for Labor
Kathryn Zuspan, M.D.
Valley Anesthesiology Consultants,
Stillwater, MN
Objectives:
Physiology, Pharmacology, and Options for Labor
- You should have an understanding of how the physiologic changes of
pregnancy impact and alter your patient's anesthetic management.
- You should know which drugs used in your obstetric practice have the
potential to interact adversely with drugs used for anesthesia and
analgesia.
- You should gain knowledge of the analgesic options for laboring patients
including labor spinals, labor epidurals, 'walking epidurals',
patient-controlled epidurals (PCEA) and combined spinal-epidurals (CSE).
- You should gain insight into current controversies in OB Anesthesia, and
the statements given by the national specialty organizations (ACOG, ASA)
concerning these controversies.
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