Anaes SAQs · Obstetric anaesthesia
The physiological changes of pregnancy relevant to anaesthesia
A Primary SAQ on pregnancy physiology for anaesthesia: reduced FRC, airway and aspiration risk, gastric emptying, aortocaval compression and pharmacokinetics.
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Outline the physiological changes of pregnancy that are relevant to the conduct of anaesthesia, and explain how each alters the anaesthetic management.
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Outline the physiological changes of pregnancy that are relevant to the conduct of anaesthesia, and explain how each alters the anaesthetic management.[1]
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- [1]Costantine MM Physiologic and pharmacokinetic changes in pregnancy. Frontiers in pharmacology, 2014.PMID 24772083
- [2]Chu J, Johnston TA, Geoghegan J, et al. Maternal Collapse in Pregnancy and the Puerperium: Green-top Guideline No. 56. BJOG : an international journal of obstetrics and gynaecology, 2020.PMID 31845507
- [3]Lawson J, Howle R, Popivanov P, et al. Gastric emptying in pregnancy and its clinical implications: a narrative review. British journal of anaesthesia, 2025.PMID 39443186