title: Anaesthesia for the obstetric trainee.
abstract: The practice of obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia ranges from the sublime to the ridiculous. Try to contrast the satisfaction of having produced an effective epidural block with the agonizing personal loneliness of failing to intubate at emergency caesarean section, and you may begin to understand our position: we either love it or loathe it.
authors.affiliation: Liverpool Maternity Hospital.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D009774:Obstetrics / Q000193:education*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular; D012307:Risk Factors