Anesthetic management during pregnancy requires careful consideration of physiological changes across trimesters and close coordination among specialists to ensure maternal and fetal safety.
Highlights the importance of close coordination among obstetricians, neonatologists, and anaesthesiologists to manage surgical and obstetrical emergencies during pregnancy.
During pregnancy, an obstetrician can encounter various complications and sometimes require surgery or operative intervention for delivery. However, the role of anaesthesiologists during such clinical scenario is grossly under-estimated. Without any close coordination and team work among obstetricians, neonatologists and an anaesthesiologist, morbidity and mortality can increase during these surgical interventions. The clinical scenario can become more challenging if the parturient suffers from any comorbid diseases. The present article reviews some of the common challenging scenarios during pregnancy that an anaesthesiologist frequently encounters during routine practice. Anaesthetic management has been discussed briefly and separately for each trimester and post-partum period. The article also aims at gaining in-depth knowledge of these obstetrical and surgical emergencies so as to ensure close-knit team work among obstetricians, anaesthesiologists, intensivists and a neonatologist.
Bajwa et al. (Tue,) conducted a review in Pregnancy requiring anesthesia. Anesthetic management was evaluated. Anesthetic management during pregnancy requires careful consideration of physiological changes across trimesters and close coordination among specialists to ensure maternal and fetal safety.