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Chapter 26 - The Morbidly Obese Parturient

from Section 4 - Intra-operative Management

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 September 2018

Christopher Bouch
Affiliation:
Leicester Royal Infirmary
Jonathan Cousins
Affiliation:
Hammersmith Hospital
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Kinsella, SM, Winton, AL, Mushambi, MC, et al. Failed tracheal intubation during obstetric general anaesthesia: a literature review. Int J Obstet Anesth. 2015;24(4):356–74.Google Scholar
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Centre for Maternal and Child Enquiries (CMACE). Maternal Obesity in the UK: Findings From a National Project. London: CMACE; 2010.Google Scholar
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MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audit and Confidential Enquiry. Saving Lives, Improving Mothers’ Care Lessons Learned to Inform Future Maternity Care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2009–2012. Oxford: MBRACE-UK; 2014Google Scholar
MBRRACE-UK: Mothers and Babies: Reducing Risk through Audit and Confidential Enquiry. Surveillance of maternal deaths in the UK 2011–13 and lessons learned to inform maternity care from the UK and Ireland Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths and Morbidity 2009–13. Oxford: MBRACE-UK; 2014Google Scholar
Peralta, F, Higgins, N, Lange, E, Wong, CA, McCarthy, RJ The relationship of body mass index with the incidence of postdural puncture headache in parturients. Anesth Analg. 2015;121(2):451–6.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Public Health England Obesity Knowledge and Intelligence. Maternal Obesity Prevalence. London: Public Health England; 2015.Google Scholar
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Reducing the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism during Pregnancy and the Puerperium. Green-top Guideline No. 37a. London: RCOG; 2015.Google Scholar

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