Society guideline links: Obstetric anesthesia

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Local and regional anesthesia".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Labor".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Post dural puncture headache".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Enhanced recovery after surgery".)

International

●International consensus statement on the management of hypotension with vasopressors during caesarean section under spinal anaesthesia (2017)

●World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA): Safer Anaesthesia From Education (SAFE) – Paediatric & obstetric anaesthesia pocket handbook (2015, revised 2016)

United States

●American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA): Guidelines for neuraxial analgesia or anesthesia in obstetrics (amended 2021)

●ASA: Optimal goals for anesthesia care in obstetrics (amended 2021)

●ASA and North American Fetal Therapy Network (NAFTNet): A consensus statement on anesthesia for maternal-fetal interventions (2021)

●Society for Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP): Consensus statement and recommendations for enhanced recovery after cesarean (2021)

●SOAP: Interdisciplinary consensus statement on neuraxial procedures in obstetric patients with thrombocytopenia (2021)

●Association of Women's Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses (AWHONN): Position statement on the role of the registered nurse in the care of the pregnant woman receiving analgesia and anesthesia by catheter techniques (2020)

●SOAP, ASA, Society for Pediatric Anesthesia (SPA), the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), and the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM): Joint statement – Labor epidurals do not cause autism; safe for mothers and infants, say anesthesiology, obstetrics, and pediatric medical societies (2020)

●ACOG: Practice bulletin on obstetric analgesia and anesthesia (2019)

●SOAP: Consensus statement – Monitoring recommendations for prevention and detection of respiratory depression associated with administration of neuraxial morphine for cesarean delivery analgesia (2019)

●SOAP: Consensus statement on the anesthetic management of pregnant and postpartum women receiving thromboprophylaxis or higher dose anticoagulants (2018)

●ASA: Practice guidelines for obstetric anesthesia, update (2016)

●SOAP: Consensus statement on the management of cardiac arrest in pregnancy (2014)

United Kingdom

●Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI) and Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association (OAA): Safety guideline for neurological monitoring associated with obstetric neuraxial block (2020)

●OAA and Difficult Airway Society (DAS): Guidelines for the management of difficult and failed tracheal intubation in obstetrics (2015)

●OAA/AAGBI: Guidelines for obstetric anaesthetic services (2013)

Australia–New Zealand

●The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RANZCOG)/Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA): Joint position statement on the provision of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia services (2021)