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Anaesthetic Management of Pregnant Patients With COVID-19

Dr Harriet Daykin1†, Dr Jolene Moore2
1Specialist Trainee Registrar, Anaesthesia, Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust,
Exeter, UK
2Consultant, Anaesthesia, NHS Grampian, Aberdeen, UK
Edited by: Dr Nuala Lucas, Consultant, Anaesthesia, Northwick Park Hospital, London
Northwest University Healthcare NHS Trust, UK
†Corresponding author email: harriet.daykin@nhs.net

Published September 15, 2020

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic presents the potential to encounter pregnant patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19. This tutorial covers the anaesthetic management of pregnant patients with COVID-19, including an overview of effects of COVID-19 on the mother and fetus, management considerations, labour analgesia and anaesthesia for caesarean section and obstetric procedures.

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