{"title":"6299168 Two case reports of spinal anaesthesia in parturients with high body mass index using height – adjusted doses of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine.","authors":"Christopher McKee, Helen Brar","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104071","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104071","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140894361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"6281706 Anaesthetic management of women with booking body-mass index > 40 kg ·m−2 for Caesarean. A retrospective analysis from the north-west of England","authors":"Bethan Roberts, Katherine Turner, Kailash Bhatia, Malachy Columb","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104032","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140893338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"6290739 Airway management during total intravenous anaesthesia for caesarean deliveries (ObsTIVA-UK service evaluation)","authors":"Ben Sharif, Helen Iliff, Yavor Metodiev","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104063","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104063","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140893361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"6289348 A national survey of attitudes towards ‘Sip ’til Send’ protocols for women undergoing elective caesarean section under planned regional anaesthesia","authors":"Luke Austen, Russell Cooper, Manoj Ravindran","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104050","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104050","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140893508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"6281067 Autoimmune encephalitis: case report of a rare condition in pregnancy","authors":"Roshana Parbhoo, Julia Niewiarowski","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.104030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140893336","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Kessack, G. Davenport, C. McGlennan, J.H. Bamber
{"title":"Observational study of peripheral skin temperature changes following spinal anaesthesia for caesarean birth","authors":"L. Kessack, G. Davenport, C. McGlennan, J.H. Bamber","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103970","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103970","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Spinal anaesthesia is widely used in obstetric anaesthesia practice but there is limited knowledge about the development of sympathetic blockade following spinal anaesthesia for caesarean birth. This study investigated the characteristics of sympathetic blockade by measuring peripheral skin temperature changes in the feet of patients given spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean birth.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A prospective observational study was conducted involving 60 eligible parturients scheduled for elective caesarean birth with spinal anaesthesia. Skin temperature probes were attached to the dorsum of both feet, and temperature measurements were recorded every minute. The dose of spinal anaesthesia given, and other relevant patient data, were collected.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>All participants had successful spinal anaesthesia. Following spinal anaesthesia, a sustained rise in skin temperature of both feet was observed, indicating the presence of sympathetic blockade. The maximum rate of temperature increase occurred between 6 and 15 min after the intrathecal injection and plateaued from 22 min after the injection. Control participants did not show any changes in foot temperature.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>This study demonstrates that successful spinal anaesthesia for caesarean birth results in a consistent and reliable rise in skin temperature of the feet that is evident after six minutes from intrathecal injection. The observed temperature changes provide indirect objective evidence of bilateral sympathetic blockade. Measurement of feet skin temperatures may serve as an additional objective indicator of successful spinal anaesthesia, along with tests of lower limb motor block and sensory block height. These findings contribute to the understanding of sympathetic blockade during spinal anaesthesia.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959289X23003242/pdfft?md5=50179bac42100f12666f63815cc6e6dd&pid=1-s2.0-S0959289X23003242-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139024367","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Management of sporadic intracranial vascular malformations in pregnancy: a retrospective analysis","authors":"S.J. Ellwood, A.A. Mootz, J.M. Carabuena, M.K. Farber, S.C. Reale","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.103989","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.103989","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Sporadic intracranial vascular malformations can pose significant risk to parturients, and additional reports of management may inform patient care. Here we describe the peripartum management of parturients with intracranial vascular malformations.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>After Institutional Review Board approval, we performed a retrospective analysis of parturients with a known sporadic intracranial vascular malformation including cavernous malformation, developmental venous anomaly, or arteriovenous malformation who delivered at our institution between 2007 and 2020.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>We identified 10 parturients (five cavernous malformations, three developmental venous anomalies, and two arteriovenous malformations) with 16 deliveries. Among all deliveries, 13 (81.3%) were cesarean deliveries without trial of labor; 11 of these (84.6%) received a single-shot spinal and two (15.4%) received an epidural for surgical anesthesia. Two deliveries (12.5%) began with attempted trial of labor but ultimately required cesarean delivery for failure to progress; one of these cases received epidural anesthesia and the other received combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. One delivery was via spontaneous vaginal delivery with epidural analgesia. Overall, our study’s cesarean delivery rate was 93.8% and spontaneous vaginal delivery rate was 6.2%.</p><p>Three of 16 pregnancies were complicated by seizure, obstructive hydrocephalus, or intracranial hemorrhage. There were no intensive care unit admissions or maternal deaths.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In our case series of 16 deliveries, there were no complications directly resulting from neuraxial procedures. It remains unclear whether intracranial developmental venous anomalies or unruptured arteriovenous malformations impart increased risk during pregnancy. Antepartum planning with a multidisciplinary team approach enables risk stratification and optimal management.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140279386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Ansari , M. Sheikh , E. Riley , N. Guo , A. Traynor , B. Carvalho
{"title":"A retrospective cohort study of the anesthetic management of postpartum tubal ligation","authors":"J. Ansari , M. Sheikh , E. Riley , N. Guo , A. Traynor , B. Carvalho","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103974","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2023.103974","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Neuraxial anesthesia with reactivation of a labor epidural catheter is commonly utilized for postpartum tubal ligations (PPTL), although the optimal anesthetic approach is unknown. We assessed institutional anesthesia practices for PPTL, and evaluated the failure rates of reactivation of labor epidural catheters, de novo spinal anesthesia, and spinal anesthesia after failed blocks.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>We conducted a single-center retrospective cohort analysis of 300 consecutive patients who underwent a PPTL and 100 having spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. Anesthetic management data (existing labor epidural catheter reactivation, de novo spinal anesthesia or general anesthesia) were collected from electronic medical records. Anesthetic block failure rates were determined for each anesthetic technique.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>The failure rate was 15% for de novo spinal anesthesia and 23% after failed reactivation of a labor epidural catheter or spinal anesthesia. The epidural catheter reactivation failure rate was 35%. The failure rate of spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery was 4%. Drug dosage, epidural catheter use in labor, time since epidural catheter placement or delivery, labor neuraxial technique (combined spinal-epidural, epidural), supplemental top-up doses during labor, and anesthesiologist experience did not predict neuraxial anesthesia failures.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Our analysis revealed an unexpectedly high neuraxial anesthesia failure rate even when de novo spinal anesthesia was used for PPTL. The results are consistent with other institutions' recent findings, and are higher than spinal anesthesia failure rates associated with cesarean delivery. Further studies are required to determine optimal anesthesia dosing strategies, and to understand the mechanisms behind high neuraxial anesthesia failures for PPTL.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139094058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Labour: a pain for informed consent?","authors":"T.J. O'Pray","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.103993","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.103993","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140407998","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hugo Madar, Loïc Sentilhes, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux
{"title":"Importance of the time sequence between measurement of the predictor and the predicted outcome","authors":"Hugo Madar, Loïc Sentilhes, Catherine Deneux-Tharaux","doi":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.103991","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.ijoa.2024.103991","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":14250,"journal":{"name":"International journal of obstetric anesthesia","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2024-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140272519","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}