Recent Advances in Anesthesiology

Volume: 4

Airway Management in Pregnancy

Author(s): Eugenio D. Martinez Hurtado*, Laura Reviriego Agudo, Pedro Charco Mora, Miguel Ángel Fernández Vaquero and María Gómez Rojo

Pp: 33-56 (24)

DOI: 10.2174/9789815051841122040005

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

Airway management in the obstetric patient is a challenge for anaesthesiologists, not only because of the anatomical and physiological changes during pregnancy, but also because of the surgery´s urgency, the location of the procedure, which sometimes takes place even outside the operation theatre, and also due to conflicts emerging between the needs of the mother and fetus. The arising maternal comorbidities such as obesity, contribute to complications in airway management in this population.


Keywords: Airway Management, Apnoeic Times, Cricothyroid Membrane, Difficult Airway, Difficult Intubation, Laryngoscopy, Maternal Death, Neuraxial Anesthetic Blocks, Predictors, Pregnant Patient, Pregnancy, Preeclampsia, Ultrasonography, Video Laryngoscopy.

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