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Obstetrics Anaesthesia

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Anesthetic Considerations for Pregnant Women with Multiple Sclerosis

Dr. Mary Yurashevich
Obstetric Anesthesiology Fellow, Stanford University Medical Center,
Stanford, USA

Editor by:
Dr. Gillian Abiri and Dr. James Brownii
iAssociate Professor, Stanford, USA
iiAnaesthetic Consultant, British Columbia Women’s Hospital, Canada

Correspondence to atotw@wordpress-1154955-4022140.cloudwaysapps.com

8th Aug 2017

Abstract

Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease of the central nervous system that effects 1 million people worldwide, of which two-thirds are women and many are in their child-bearing years. The effects of pregnancy on disease progression, pregnancy outcome as well as anesthetic considerations is discussed in this tutorial.

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