Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 January 2024
The physiologic and hormonal stresses that occur during pregnancy and labor have the potential to worsen existing respiratory disease and can pose unique challenges in management for the obstetrician and obstetric anesthesiologist. Cases of respiratory disease in pregnancy require specific planning and management to optimize maternal and fetal outcome. This chapter discusses rare respiratory disorders that the obstetric anesthesiologist may encounter in practice: acute respiratory distress syndrome, cystic fibrosis, pneumothorax, status asthmaticus, thromboembolic disease, mediastinal mass, congenital central hypoventilation syndrome, pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis, restrictive and interstitial lung disease, transfusion related acute lung injury, transfusion-associated circulatory overload and lung transplantation. The aim is to present relevant discussion in order provide the anesthesiologist with some background and evidence to support her/his decision-making when encountering these rare and challenging cases.
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