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Previous Volume 335:1930 December 19, 1996 Number 25

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Edited by André Van Zundert and Gerard W. Ostheimer. 1062 pp., illustrated. New York, Churchill Livingstone, 1996. $120. ISBN 0-443-04474-0.

This book is a collection of papers dealing with obstetrical anesthesia. It will appeal primarily to anesthesiologists. The material is heavily weighted toward the management of labor pain with regional anesthesia and the management of cesarean section. Practitioners may find the sections dealing with spinal and epidural administration of opioids particularly helpful. Other chapters discuss the anatomy and physiology of pain associated with childbirth, the pharmacology of opioids and local anesthetic agents, techniques and complications of regional anesthesia, and anesthetic management in high-risk obstetrical patients. The book also contains sections on the organization and administration of an obstetrical anesthesia service . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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