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A system should be in place to ensure that women requiring antenatal referral to an anaesthetist are seen and assessed by an anaesthetist, normally a consultant, within a suitable time frame. Ideally, this should be in the form of multidisciplinary tea...
A system should be in place to ensure that women requiring antenatal referral to an anaesthetist are seen and assessed by an anaesthetist, normally a consultant, within a suitable time frame. Ideally, this should be in the form of multidisciplinary team management of these high risk women. Where the workload is high consideration should be given to risk stratification so...
An anaesthetist should be included in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) antenatal planning of management for women with complex medical needs.4 Planning should include consideration of the woman’s wishes and preferences. ...
An anaesthetist should be included in the multidisciplinary team (MDT) antenatal planning of management for women with complex medical needs.4 Planning should include consideration of the woman’s wishes and preferences.
All women requiring caesarean section should, except in extreme emergency, be visited and assessed by an anaesthetist before arrival in the operating theatre. This should be timed to allow women sufficient time to weigh up the information they have bee...
All women requiring caesarean section should, except in extreme emergency, be visited and assessed by an anaesthetist before arrival in the operating theatre. This should be timed to allow women sufficient time to weigh up the information they have been given, in order to give informed consent for anaesthesia.
There should be a local guideline on the monitoring of women after regional anaesthesia and the management of post anaesthetic neurological complications.110 ...
There should be a local guideline on the monitoring of women after regional anaesthesia and the management of post anaesthetic neurological complications.110
All women who have received regional analgesia/anaesthesia or general anaesthesia for labour and delivery should be reviewed following delivery. Locally agreed discharge criteria should be met before women go home with written information provided.111&...
All women who have received regional analgesia/anaesthesia or general anaesthesia for labour and delivery should be reviewed following delivery. Locally agreed discharge criteria should be met before women go home with written information provided.111 There should be local guidelines on preoperative, intraoperative and postoperative care for those cases where the enhanced recovery process is appropriate.112
Women must be assumed to have capacity unless there is evidence to the contrary, as per the Mental Capacity Act.113 ...
Women must be assumed to have capacity unless there is evidence to the contrary, as per the Mental Capacity Act.113
There should be documentation of any discussions informing consent for any procedures undertaken by the anaesthetist.113 ...
There should be documentation of any discussions informing consent for any procedures undertaken by the anaesthetist.113
Preoperative assessment should take place as early as possible in the patient’s care pathway so that all essential resources and obstacles can be anticipated before the day of the operation, including discharge arrangements.6 ...
Preoperative assessment should take place as early as possible in the patient’s care pathway so that all essential resources and obstacles can be anticipated before the day of the operation, including discharge arrangements.6
Written consent should be obtained prior to undertaking an epidural blood patch.113 ...
Written consent should be obtained prior to undertaking an epidural blood patch.113