Why the study?
Maternal-fetal surgery and anesthetic techniques have evolved rapidly, prompting the need to describe anesthetic management within the multidisciplinary approach to these interventions.
This consensus statement provides standardized recommendations for the anesthetic management of patients undergoing maternal-fetal interventions.
Standardizes perioperative protocols for maternal-fetal interventions; extends prior guidance with multidisciplinary ASA-NAFTNet consensus.
Maternal-fetal surgery is a rapidly evolving specialty, and significant progress has been made over the last 3 decades. A wide range of maternal-fetal interventions are being performed at different stages of pregnancy across multiple fetal therapy centers worldwide, and the anesthetic technique has evolved over the years. The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) recognizes the important role of the anesthesiologist in the multidisciplinary approach to these maternal-fetal interventions and convened a collaborative workgroup with representatives from the ASA Committees of Obstetric and Pediatric Anesthesia and the Board of Directors of the North American Fetal Therapy Network. This consensus statement describes the comprehensive preoperative evaluation, intraoperative anesthetic management, and postoperative care for the different types of maternal-fetal interventions.
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Chatterjee et al. (2020) conducted a review in Maternal-fetal interventions. Anesthetic management was evaluated. A consensus statement from the ASA and NAFTNet outlines comprehensive preoperative evaluation, intraoperative anesthetic management, and postoperative care for maternal-fetal interventions.
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