The basics of maternal-fetal anesthesia and resuscitation

This document covers obstetric emergencies requiring intensive care anesthesia. It covers :- Post-partum hemorrhage: Causes, risk factors, diagnosis and management.- Preeclampsia: Multidisciplinary management, management of complications, anesthesia and post-partum follow-up.- Venous thrombo-embolic disease: Risk factors, diagnosis, prevention and treatment.- Blood transfusion: Indications, pre-transfusion procedures, management of transfusion-related accidents.- Shock: Types (hemorrhagic, anaphylactic, septic, cardiogenic), diagnosis, management and collaboration with the medical team.- Anesthesia and analgesia: Physiological changes in pregnancy, labor analgesia, anesthesia for cesarean section and choice of technique.- Effects of anesthetic drugs: Adaptation of doses and administration regimens to the physiological changes of pregnancy and transplacental passage.- Newborn resuscitation: Physiology, equipment, principles, post-resuscitation care.

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Hospital-Universität an der medizinischen Fakultät in Tunis. Facharzt für Anästhesie und Reanimation in der Geburtshilfe am Zentrum für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie in Tunis. Koordinator des Moduls für Anästhesie und Reanimation in den mäeutischen Wissenschaften an der École Supérieure des Sciences et Techniques de la Santé (Hochschule für Gesundheitswissenschaften und -techniken) in Tunis. Tunesien.