Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 12-14, July 2005

Which women need antenatal anaesthetic assessment?

  • Satya Francis

      Affiliations

    • Satya Francis is Consultant Anaesthetist at the University Hospitals of Leicester, with special interest in obstetric anaesthesia. She qualified from Madras University, India, and trained in anaesthesia at Birmingham and Leicester, UK.
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  • Steve Yentis

      Affiliations

    • Steve Yentis is Consultant Anaesthetist at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK. He qualified from London University and trained in anaesthesia in London and Toronto, Canada. His main area of practice is obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia, especially in patients at high risk.

Abstract 

In the UK, few, if any, units have the manpower to assess every pregnant woman. Therefore, attention must be targeted at high-risk cases, even though most mothers, when asked, express a wish to see an anaesthetist antenatally, and the care of most pregnant women involves an anaesthetist at some stage. This contribution covers the aims of and reasons for antenatal anaesthetic assessment.

Keywords:  childbirth , pain relief , allergies , anaesthesia , cardiac disease , haematological , musculoskeletal , neurological , referral , respiratory

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PII: S1744-1870(06)00068-0

doi:10.1383/wohm.2005.2.4.12

Women's Health Medicine
Volume 2, Issue 4 , Pages 12-14, July 2005

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