Revista de Anestesiologia Clínica: Acesso Aberto

Anaesthesia Issues for Obstetric Women with COVID-19

Abstract

Domenico Filomena

The attending anesthesiologists have always had difficulty administering anaesthesia during obstetric and non-obstetric surgery. Although statistics from the industrialised world are scarce, data from underdeveloped countries show that 1-2% of all obstetric patients undergo emergency non-obstetric surgery at least once in their lifetime. A pregnant woman may need to be hospitalised due to a number of disorders and their complications, which may necessitate surgical intervention. Pregnancy-related surgical situations, such as ovarian cyst torsion, appendicitis, strangulated hernias, traumatic injuries, etc., demand prompt attention. Although the risk of surgery is similar to that of the general population, managing anaesthesia during this time is quite difficult.