Clinical review illustrates anesthetic and ethical complexities in labor and delivery during COVID-19, highlighting difficult decision-making in obstetric care.
The COVID-19 pandemic represents an extraordinary time that calls for extraordinary measures especially in the treatment of patients.This current situation poses substantial clinical as well as ethical challenges to health, patients, and healthcare providers.This narrative aims to provide three clinical scenarios in the realm of obstetric anesthesia, the anesthetic challenges that come with it, and the ethical dilemmas that one may face while caring for women admitted in labor and delivery during this pandemic.
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