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Anesthetic Considerations for the Gravid Patient for Non-obstetric Surgery

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Non-Obstetric Surgery During Pregnancy

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More than 75,000 pregnant patients undergo surgery unrelated to their pregnancy. While these surgeries most commonly proceed without any untoward effect for the mother and child, the fact that one is caring for a pregnant patient for surgery leaves clinicians uncertain of how to best care for these patients. It is ideal to perform indicated surgeries during the second trimester when risk from teratogenicity and preterm labor is minimized. However, with proper planning and good intraoperative management, successful surgery may be performed at any time during pregnancy.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Laura E. Gilbertson

  2. Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Milad Sharifpour

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Practice and Process Improvement, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Grant C. Lynde

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    Ceana H. Nezhat

  2. Department of Surgery, Northeast Ohio Medical University, Youngstown, OH, USA

    Michael S. Kavic

  3. School of Dental Medicine, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Raymond J. Lanzafame

  4. Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA

    Michael K. Lindsay

  5. Division of Trauma and Surgical Critical Care, LAC+USC Medical Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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Gilbertson, L.E., Sharifpour, M., Lynde, G.C. (2019). Anesthetic Considerations for the Gravid Patient for Non-obstetric Surgery. In: Nezhat, C., Kavic, M., Lanzafame, R., Lindsay, M., Polk, T. (eds) Non-Obstetric Surgery During Pregnancy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90752-9_7

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