Perinatal Resources, Inc. 

A Not-For-Profit Medical Education Corporation

Perinatal Resources, Inc. proudly sponsors continuing medical education for obstetricians and gynecologists.

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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