Abstract
In this chapter I shall be discussing those aspects of practice that are changing. For many of us these are uncontrollable trends of an epidemiological nature, evolution in society, rather than revolution in clinical practice. Changes in society are likely to make a greater impact on practice than the introduction of new drugs or equipment. To illustrate these points I have drawn on international, national and local data.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Capogna G (2000) Obstetric anaesthesia practices in Italy. In: Reynolds F (ed) Regional analgesia in obstetrics. Springer, London, pp 39–41
Report on confidential enquiries into maternal deaths in the United Kingdom 1994-1996 (1998) Why mothers die. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, London
Waterstone M, Bewley S, Wolfe C (2001) Incidence and predictors of severe obstetric morbidity: case control study. Br Med J 322: 1089–1093
Robinson A P C, Lyons G (1999) Morbidity and mortality from obstetric anaesthesia in the 1990s. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol 12: 277–281
Hawkins J L, Gibbs C P, Orleans M et al (1997) Obstetric anesthesia workforce survey. 1981 versus 1992. Anesthesiology 87: 135–143
Stephens I D (1991) ICU admissions from an obstetric hospital. Can J Anaesth 38: 677–681
Madej T H, Jackson I J B, Wheatley R G et al (1993) Assessing introduction of spinal anaesthesia for obstetric procedures Quality in Health Care 2: 31–34
Johnson R V, Lyons G, Wilson R C et al (2000) Training in obstetric general anaesthesia is a vanishing art. Anaesthesia 55: 179–183
Tsen L C, Pilsner R, Camaan WR (1998) General anesthesia at a tertiary care hospital 1990-1995: indications and implications Int J Obs Anesth 7: 147–152
Leitch C R, Walker JJ (1994) Caesarean section rates Br Med J 308: 133
Collis R E, Sewell J M A, Mapleson W W (2000) Analysis of maternal age and social class on risk of obstetric intervention and obstetric anaesthetic requirements Br J Anaesth 86: 31 IP
Gorton H, Wilson R C, Robinson A P C et al (2000) Survivors of childhood cancers: implications for anaesthetists Br J Anaesth 85: 911–913
Birnbach D J, Van Zundert A (1997) Drug abuse in the pregnant woman. In: Russell I F, Lyons G (eds) Clinical problems in obstetric anaesthesia. Chapman and Hall, London, pp 221–228
Hamza J, Ducot B, Dupont X et al (1995) Anaesthesia consultation can decrease the need for general anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section in parturients with difficult airway. Br J Anaesth 74: A353
Schneider M C, Schmid M (2000) Post durai puncture headache. In: Birnbach D J, Gatt S P, Datta S (eds) Textbook of obstetric anesthesia. Churchill Livingstone, New York, pp 487–503
Van der Vyver M J, Halpern S J, Joseph G (2001) Patient controlled epidural analgesia vs continuous infusion for labor pain: a meta-analysis. Anesthesiology 94: 1 A71
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2002 Springer-Verlag Italia
About this paper
Cite this paper
Lyons, G. (2002). Trends in Obstetric Anaesthesia. In: Gullo, A. (eds) Anaesthesia, Pain, Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine — A.P.I.C.E.. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2099-3_90
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-2099-3_90
Publisher Name: Springer, Milano
Print ISBN: 978-88-470-0176-3
Online ISBN: 978-88-470-2099-3
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive