Nearly 90% of women with substance abuse are of childbearing age (Table 40-14: Substance Abuse Among Women of Childbearing Age). Cocaine abuse has the greatest implications for anesthetic management (Table 40-15: Anesthetic Considerations Associated with Cocaine or Amphetamine Abuse).

Obstetrical Anesthesia

1. Physiologic Changes of Pregnancy
2. Placental Transfer and Fetal Exposure to Anesthetic Drugs
3. Anesthesia for Labor and Vaginal Delivery
4. Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery
5. Anesthetic Complications
6. Management of High-Risk Parturients
7. Preterm Delivery
8. Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
9. Substance Abuse
10. Fetal Monitoring
11. Newborn Resuscitation in the Delivery Room
12. Anesthesia for Nonobstetric Surgery in Pregnant Women