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Iatrogenic headaches: giving everyone a sore head
A Greek proverb says “When you go to bed with a clear head, you will not get up with a headache”. Not so for postdural puncture headache (PDPH): a consequence of a spinal, and a complication of an epi...
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M.J. Paech
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Obtaining informed consent for clinical trials – Seldom easy, often difficult, and sometimes impossible
“If one looks out for faults it is only as a means of recognizing goodness” Confucius, Analects 4.8Following the infamous human experimentation abuses exposed at the Nuremberg trials, the later contro...
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G.M. Joynt
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4-6
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A prospective controlled study of continuous spinal analgesia versus repeat epidural analgesia after accidental dural puncture in labour
09 December 2011
Abstract: Background: After accidental dural puncture in labour it is suggested that inserting an intrathecal catheter and converting to spinal analgesia reduces postdural puncture headache and epidur...
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I.F. Russell
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7-16
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Study of equivalence: spinal bupivacaine 15 mg versus bupivacaine 12mg with fentanyl 15μg for cesarean delivery
28 November 2011
Abstract: Background: A safe and effective intrathecal dose of bupivacaine alone for cesarean delivery has not yet been established. This study tested the hypothesis that an intrathecal dose of hyperb...
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R.A. Meyer,
A.J. Macarthur,
K. Downey
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17-23
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Reduction in spinal-induced hypotension with ondansetron in parturients undergoing caesarean section: A double-blind randomised, placebo-controlled study
21 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Subarachnoid block is the preferred method of anaesthesia for caesarean section, but is associated with hypotension and bradycardia, which may be deleterious to both parturient a...
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T. Sahoo,
C. SenDasgupta,
A. Goswami,
A. Hazra
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24-28
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Intrathecal fentanyl added to bupivacaine and morphine for cesarean delivery may induce a subtle acute opioid tolerance
21 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Previous studies have demonstrated that the addition of intrathecal fentanyl to a spinal anesthetic for cesarean delivery improves intraoperative analgesia. However, intrathecal ...
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B. Carvalho,
D.R. Drover,
Y. Ginosar,
S.E. Cohen,
E.T. Riley
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29-34
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Assessment of salivary amylase as a stress biomarker in pregnant patients
28 November 2011
Abstract: Background: Chronic stress during pregnancy has been associated with worsened maternal and fetal outcomes. Acute stress immediately before spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section may contri...
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J. Guglielminotti,
M. Dehoux,
F. Mentré,
E. Bedairia,
P. Montravers,
J.-M. Desmonts,
D. Longrois
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35-39
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Effect of μ-opioid receptor A118G polymorphism on the ED50 of epidural sufentanil for labor analgesia
07 December 2011
Abstract: Background: A common polymorphism of the μ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1, p.118A/G), which has been shown to effect the response to neuraxial opioids, occurs in 30% of Caucasian women. This do...
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M. Camorcia,
G. Capogna,
S. Stirparo,
C. Berritta,
J.L. Blouin,
R. Landau
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40-44
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Onset of labor epidural analgesia with ropivacaine and a varying dose of fentanyl: a randomized controlled trial
07 December 2011
Abstract: Background: This study was conducted to investigate the onset of labor epidural analgesia using 0.17% ropivacaine with a varying dose of fentanyl. We hypothesized that the onset of analgesia...
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E.C. Bang,
H.S. Lee,
Y.I. Kang,
K.S. Cho,
S.Y. Kim,
H. Park
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45-50
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Maternal sepsis during pregnancy or the postpartum period requiring intensive care admission
08 December 2011
Abstract: Background: Previous studies on severe maternal sepsis during pregnancy or the postpartum period are rare and have focused on septic abortion. Voluntary abortion was legalized in France in 1...
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N. Timezguid,
V. Das,
A. Hamdi,
M. Ciroldi,
D. Sfoggia-Besserat,
R. Chelha,
E. Obadia,
J.-L. Pallot
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51-55
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Sepsis in obstetrics and the role of the anaesthetist
14 December 2011
Abstract: Sepsis in pregnancy and the puerperium remains a significant cause of maternal mortality and morbidity worldwide. Major morbidity arising as a result of obstetric sepsis includes fetal demis...
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D.N. Lucas,
P.N. Robinson,
M.R. Nel
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What’s new in obstetric anesthesia: the 2011 Gerard W. Ostheimer lecture
Abstract: The Gerard W. Ostheimer lecture is delivered at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Annual Meeting. The lecture provides a comprehensive review of the previous year’s liter...
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P. Toledo
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Type A aortic dissection in pregnancy
06 December 2011
Abstract: Type A aortic dissection is a life-threatening event to both mother and baby, and accounted for 14% of maternal cardiac deaths in the 2006–2008 UK Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths...
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C. Johnston,
F. Schroeder,
S.N. Fletcher,
C. Bigham,
R. Wendler
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Transfusion practice in major obstetric haemorrhage: lessons from trauma
28 November 2011
Abstract: The management of massive haemorrhage with blood products is changing as evidence arrives from civilian and military trauma. Rapid early replacement of coagulation factors and platelets is n...
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I. Saule,
N. Hawkins
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Anesthetic management of vaginal delivery in a parturient with hemochromatosis induced end-organ failure
21 November 2011
Abstract: The vast majority of females affected by hemochromatosis are asymptomatic during childbearing years. We were able to provide effective obstetric anesthesia care to a 35-year-old woman with s...
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A.L. Hoefnagel,
R. Wissler
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Multidisciplinary management of an obstetric patient with glycogen storage disease type 3
05 December 2011
Abstract: A 22-year-old primiparous woman with known glycogen storage disease type 3a presented to our hospital during her 12th week of pregnancy. Glycogen storage disease type 3 is a rare inherited d...
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S.D. Bolton,
V.A. Clark,
J.E. Norman
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Peripartum management of two parturients with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency
06 December 2011
Abstract: Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is a rare X-linked disorder in which female carriers are usually heterozygous for the ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency gene. In pregnancy it has be...
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U. Ituk,
O.C. Constantinescu,
T.K. Allen,
M.J. Small,
A.S. Habib
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Perioperative management of a parturient with hyponatraemia due to carbamazepine therapy
07 December 2011
Abstract: We describe the perioperative management of an epileptic parturient who developed hyponatraemia due to carbamazepine therapy. Caesarean delivery was performed under combined spinal-epidural ...
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C. Staikou,
A. Mani,
G. Petropoulos
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Atosiban and non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema
16 August 2011
We were interested in the report from Fernández, Domínguez and Delgado which described non-cardiogenic pulmonary oedema secondary to atosiban and steroids. We are, however, perplexed by the assertion ...
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G.A. Wright,
D.M. Levy
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In Reply
05 December 2011
We thank Drs. Wright and Levy for their interest in our report. We agree that the explanation about the effects of atosiban was not completely clear in the reference provided. However, we disagree tha...
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A.B. Fernández,
A. Sancho De Avila,
D. Domínguez,
L.M. Delgado
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A national survey of UK obstetric units: The challenges of isolation
09 December 2011
The 2000–2002 Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health report stated “isolated obstetric units present major difficulties in terms of immediate availability of additional skilled anaestheti...
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S.J. Marstin,
E.M. Read,
T.D. Madamombe,
H.A. Swales
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Increased anaesthetic workload associated with increased maternal age
21 November 2011
The latest Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE) report highlighted concerns with the ability of labour ward staff to cope with emergency admissions when staffing is at maximum capacity. We ...
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L. Peltola,
J. Mayer,
J. Cook,
R. Bedson,
L. Arrandale
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New techniques and technologies for obstetric anaesthesia
02 December 2011
A number of new techniques and technologies have been introduced to obstetric anaesthesia practice during the past decade. These include remifentanil patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) fo...
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M.J. Paech,
S.G. Hillyard
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Erratum to “In reply: The use of thromboelastography for the peripartum management of a patient with storage pool disorder” [Int J Obstet Anesth 20 (2011) 361]
21 November 2011
Dr. Rajpal’s name is listed incorrectly, and therefore the authorship list should read as above.
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G. Rajpal,
J.M. Pomerantz,
J.H. Waters,
M.C. Vallejo
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