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Anesthesia for Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy

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It has been estimated that every year in the United States about 50,000 pregnant women (0.5–2.2%) will receive anesthesia for various surgical indications during their pregnancy. The purpose of this surgery may be (1) to prolong gestation, (2) unrelated to the pregnancy, or (3) to correct fetal anomalies. Hence, an understanding of the effects of different anesthetic drugs and techniques on the mother and fetus is essential to the safe administration of anesthesia to pregnant women undergoing surgery. Recently, a question of preoperative pregnancy testing in adolescents has been raised. The authors observed retrospectively 412 adolescent women undergoing surgery.

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    Sanjay Datta (Professor of Anesthesia), Bhavani Shankar Kodali (Associate Professor of Anesthesia) & Scott Segal (Associate Professor of Anesthesia)

  2. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Sanjay Datta (Professor of Anesthesia), Bhavani Shankar Kodali (Associate Professor of Anesthesia) & Scott Segal (Associate Professor of Anesthesia)

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Datta, S., Kodali, B.S., Segal, S. (2010). Anesthesia for Nonobstetric Surgery During Pregnancy. In: Obstetric Anesthesia Handbook. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-88602-2_17

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