Vyacheslav Belous, DO
Journal of Perinatal and Neonatal Nursing
Vol. 23, No. 1, pp. 23–30
Complications in
Obstetric Anesthesia
Nursing’s Role to
Anticipate, Recognize, and Respond
Bernadette Balestrieri-Martinez,
MSN, RNC, CCNS
This article
discusses the important role of nursing staff in being able to recognize
complications of obstetric anesthesia.
It stresses the importance of enhanced education in early recognition
and treatment of obstetric anesthesia and proposes a curriculum for this
purpose. Major complications are listed and detailed,
which include local toxicity, high block, post-dural puncture headache,
unilateral blocks or patchy blocks, bladder dysfunction, maternal pyrexia,
neurologic complications, pulmonary aspiration, difficult/failed intubation,
hypotension, hypovolemia, malignant hyperthermia, and cardiovascular
instability.
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