Year 2022 in review – Anesthesiology in obstetrics

Czech version

Authors: P. Štourač ^1,2; J. Bláha ³; M. Kosinová ^1,2; J. Mannová ⁴; P. Nosková ³; H. Harazim ^1,2; K. Pešková ⁵; D. Seidlová ⁵
Authors‘ workplace: Klinika dětské anesteziologie a resuscitace, Fakultní nemocnice Brno, Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Brno ¹; Ústav simulační medicíny, Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, Brno ²; Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, Všeobecná fakultní nemocnice v Praze, 1. lékařská fakulta, Univerzity Karlovy, Praha ³; Anesteziologicko‑, resuscitační oddělení, Nemocnice Havlíčkův Brod ⁴; II. anesteziologicko‑, resuscitační oddělení, Fakultní nemocnice Brno ⁵
Published in: Anest. intenziv. Med., 33, 2022, č. 6, s. 284-289
Category: Review Article
doi: https://doi.org/10.36290/aim.2022.051

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 the COVID-19 pandemic on anesthesiological praxis in obstetrics. It also presents new developments in systemic and neuraxial obstetric analgesia, Caesarean Section anesthesia, and emergencies in the peripartum period.

Keywords:

obstetric analgesia – emergency in pregnancy – obstetric anesthesia – Caesarean section anesthesia

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