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Anesthesia for Ex-Utero Intra-Partum Procedures

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Ex Utero Intrapartum Treatment (EXIT) are therapeutic interventions that are part of an extended cesarean section for fetuses with a variety of life-threatening airway abnormalities or congenital malformations. The anesthetic goals are to maintain the integrity of the maternal-fetal circulation while maintaining optimal uterine relaxation, the physiology and anesthetic goal of the EXIT procedure are reviewed and modifications to the classic treatment discussed. Multidisciplinary collaboration is required for optimum results.

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    Magdy Takla M.D., Irwin Gratz D.O. & Bharathi Gourkanti M.D.

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  1. Hospital University Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Basavana G. Goudra

  2. Department of Anesthesiology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Michael Duggan

  3. Department of Anesthesiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

    Vidya Chidambaran

  4. University Hospitals Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

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  5. Emory University Hospital, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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  6. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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  7. All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, Delhi, India

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Takla, M., Gratz, I., Gourkanti, B. (2018). Anesthesia for Ex-Utero Intra-Partum Procedures. In: Goudra, B., et al. Anesthesiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74766-8_50

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