Physiological changes in the pregnant woman and anesthesiologist´s approach
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https://doi.org/10.30445/rear.v13i5.915Keywords:
Anesthesia, Pregnancy, deliveryAbstract
The need of both urgent and non-delayable elective surgery can emerge at any moment during pregnancy. In these cases, such interventions require a considerable effort and an added stress for the Anesthesiology specialist, who must thoroughly monitor and take care of not one, but two lives (that of the mother and of the fetus) with many particularities. Moreover, gestation, as well as labor and delivery, involve a series of physiological changes in the pregnant woman, that modify the organism´s response to anesthetic drugs and therefore imply changes in the handling of such drugs.
The aim of this article is to summarize the main changes associated with pregnancy and their subsequent implications, in order to offer a global vision on the anesthetic management of pregnant women during both non-obstetric surgery and delivery.
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