International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 236-240, July 2007

Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture 2006: What’s New in Obstetric Anaesthesia? Contributions from the 2005 literature

  • R. Fernando

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Roshan Fernando, FRCA, Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free Hospital, Pond Street, London, NW3 2QG, UK. Tel.: +44 7765 645640; fax: +44 20 7830 2245.

Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

Accepted 29 January 2007. published online 25 April 2007.

Presented in part at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting, Miami, Florida, April 29th 2006.

Summary 

The Gerard W. Ostheimer lecture is given every year at the annual meeting of the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology by an obstetric anaesthesiologist who has reviewed the scientific literature for the previous calendar year. This article is based on the 2006 Ostheimer lecture and reviews three areas of interest in neonatology: resuscitation of the newborn, neonatal encephalopathy and the influence of epidural analgesia on breastfeeding.

Keywords: Breastfeeding, Neonatal resuscitation, Neonatal encephalopathy

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PII: S0959-289X(07)00007-6

doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.01.004

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia
Volume 16, Issue 3 , Pages 236-240, July 2007

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