What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia | Anesthesiology Grand Rounds

Recorded live on February 13th, 2023.
Chief of the Division of Obstetric Anesthesia at Brigham and Women's Hospital Dr. Michaela Farber examines new developments in obstetric anesthesia from 2021. In her review of approximately 1,400 manuscripts published that year, she highlights key research on topics such as autism risk with epidurals, racial disparities in maternal mortality, faster labor epidural onset with DPE-PIEB, liposomal bupivacaine TAPs after C-section, chronic headache risk after wet taps, tranexamic acid dosing for postpartum hemorrhage, and the need for obstetric anesthesiologists to engage in mortality review committees.
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Learning Objectives:
1. Outline key peri-delivery obstetric anesthesia care considerations for lowering maternal mortality.
2. Recognize the latest strategies for optimizing labor epidural and post-cesarean analgesia.
3. Consolidate updates on the management of key obstetric morbidities: hypertension, hemorrhage, and postdural puncture headache.
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Disclosures
Sheela Surendra Cole, MD - Course Director, and Reviewer: Nothing to Disclose
Alex Macario, MD - Co-Course Director: Nothing to Disclose
Michaela Farber, MD, MS - Faculty: Advisor - Octapharma, HemoSonics, Grant/Research support - CRICO Risk Management Foundation