What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia? | Anesthesiology Grand Rounds

Recorded live on March 11th, 2024

In this recorded Anesthesia Grand Rounds presentation, Associate Professor of Obstetric Anesthesiology at Stanford University School of Medicine Dr. Pervez Sultan reviews key research findings and recommendations related to obstetric anesthesia care published in 2022. In his lecture, Dr. Sultan covers major topics including global maternal health challenges and successes, lessons for improving care in high-income countries, impacts of abortion law changes, optimal medications and techniques for labor analgesia, C-section pain management, and enhanced recovery protocols. Dr. Sultan touches on key statistics including maternal mortality rates, adverse event rates for different anesthetic approaches, breakthrough pain prevalence during C-sections, and blood patch success rates. Dr. Sultan concludes with action items for addressing disparities in outcomes, improving psychiatric care, developing staffing guidelines, implementing quality metrics, researching abortion law impacts, and incorporating patient-reported outcomes to evaluate enhanced recovery efforts.

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Learning Objectives:
1. List barriers to implementation of WHO postpartum hemorrhage guidelines in Low-income settings.
2. Outline a framework for managing intraoperative breakthrough pain during cesarean delivery.
3. List the ASA quality metrics in obstetric anesthesia.

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