Anaesthesia for lower-segment caesarean section: Changing perspectives

• Main Authors: Sean Brian Yeoh, Sng Ban Leong, Alex Sia Tiong Heng
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
• Series: Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
• Subjects: Caesarean section; obstetrics; regional anaesthesia
• Online Access: http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=5;spage=409;epage=414;aulast=Yeoh

The number of caesarean sections has increased over the last two decades, especially in the developed countries. Hence, it has increasingly become a greater challenge to provide care for the parturient, but this has given obstetric anaesthetists a greater opportunity to contribute to obstetric services. While caesarean deliveries were historically performed using general anaesthesia, there is a recent significant move towards regional anaesthesia. Unique problems that patients with obesity and pre-eclampsia present will be discussed in the present article. New medications and devices now used in obstetric anaesthesia will change the practice and perspectives of our clinical practice.