The 2013 Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture: What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia?

A Palanisamy

doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.08.010

The 2013 Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture: What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia?

Int J Obstet Anesth. 2014 Feb;23(1):58-65. doi: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.08.010. Epub 2013 Aug 28.

Author

A Palanisamy¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: apalanisamy@zeus.bwh.harvard.edu.

PMID: 24210417
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2013.08.010

Abstract

The "What's New in Obstetric Anesthesia?" lecture is delivered annually in honor of the eminent obstetric anesthesiologist Gerard. W. Ostheimer. This lecture summarizes topics of importance and clinical relevance published in the fields of obstetric anesthesia, obstetrics, and perinatology in the preceding year. The review is a redacted version of the lecture delivered at the Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology's Annual Meeting in April 2013. Special emphasis is placed on non-invasive technologies and biomarkers that have the potential to improve clinical care of the pregnant woman. Furthermore, sufficient attention is focused on medical diseases that have their onset or are worsened during pregnancy.

Keywords: Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture; Maternal diseases; Neonatal development; Obstetric anesthesia; Obstetrics; Pregnancy.

Publication types

Lecture

MeSH terms

Analgesia / methods*
Anesthesia, Obstetrical / methods*
Cesarean Section
Female
Humans
Neonatology / methods*
Postpartum Hemorrhage
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications*