Year 2020 in review – Anaesthesiology in obstetrics

Czech version

Authors: P. Štourač ¹; J. Bláha ²; M. Kosinová ¹; J. Mannová ³; P. Nosková ²; H. Harazim ¹; D. Seidlová ⁴
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika dětské anesteziologie a resuscitace, Fakultní nemocnice Brno, Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Brno ¹; Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, 1. lékařská fakulta, Univerzity Karlovy, Praha ²; Anesteziologicko‑, resuscitační oddělení, Nemocnice Havlíčkův Brod ³; II. anesteziologicko‑, resuscitační oddělení, Fakultní nemocnice Brno ⁴
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., 31, 2020, č. 6, s. 299-304
Category: Review Articles

Overview

The article highlights and discusses several current topics that have been published in the field of anaesthesiology in obstetrics in the Czech Republic and abroad last year. It summarizes the influence of COVID-19 pandemic on anaesthesiological praxis in obstetrics. It also presents new developments in systemic and neuroaxial obstetric analgesia, Caesarean Section anaesthesia and emergencies in peripartum period.

Keywords:

obstetric anaesthesia – obstetric analgesia – Caesarean section anaesthesia – emergency in pregnancy.

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