Morbidly obese patients due to high incidence of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) are
predisposed to opioid induced airway obstruction and thus frontline high ceiling analgesics …

Objective This guideline will review key aspects in the pregnancy care of women with
obesity. Part I will focus on Preconception and Pregnancy Care. Part II will focus on Team …

Obesity is one of the important public health concerns, and described as abnormal
accumulation of fat. It is associated with cardiopulmonary physiological alterations and a …

Background There is an evidence gap regarding the use of regional anaesthesia (epidural,
spinal, or combined epidural/spinal anaesthesia) and associated complications by maternal …

Background Preprocedural ultrasound examination of vertebral column guides to locate
desired intervertebral space and provides a prevision of needle trajectory and estimated …

Obstetric analgesia and anesthesia have some specific aspects, which in particular are
directly related to pathophysiological alterations during pregnancy and also to the …

Epidural anesthesia and analgesia are commonly used for a number of medical and
surgical procedures. Although the blind loss of resistance is usually successful in …

Aim of review: To determine the current state of pre-procedure neuraxial ultrasound in
obstetric anesthesia practice. Methods: The PubMed and Scopus databases were searched …

Labour neuraxial analgesia failure may lead to inadequate pain relief and patient
dissatisfaction. This may occur due to difficulty in epidural placement during the initiation of …

Obesity has reached epidemic proportions. Excess body weight is the sixth most important
factor increasing the disease burden worldwide. Globally, approximately1. 5 billion adults …