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Preeclampsia and Eclampsia

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Anesthetic and Obstetric Management of High-Risk Pregnancy

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From the anesthesiologist’s point of view, the first contact with the parturient is usually during labor or cesarean section and delivery. In this situation, the time spent in volume preloading, blood pressure control, stabilization of the mother’s condition, and choice of anesthetic or analgesia technique is time well spent.3,41 Such preparation will often reduce fetal and maternal morbidity.6 Consequently, it is imperative that the anesthetist be warned early of such women presenting for delivery.

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  1. Harvard Medical School, USA

    Sanjay Datta MD, FFARCS(ENG) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia) & David L. Hepner MD (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Assistant Director) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia) &  (Assistant Professor of Anesthesia and Assistant Director)

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    Sanjay Datta MD, FFARCS(ENG) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia) (Professor Anesthesia and Director of Obstetric Anesthesia)

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Gatt, S.P., Elliott, D. (2004). Preeclampsia and Eclampsia. In: Datta, S., Hepner, D.L. (eds) Anesthetic and Obstetric Management of High-Risk Pregnancy. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-21572-7_19

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