title: Breast feeding and anaesthesia.
abstract: Anaesthetists require a good knowledge of the excretion of drugs in breast milk and the potential hazards to suckling infants of drug ingestion via breast milk. A brief account of the physiology of lactation is given. The mechanisms of drug passage into breast milk are discussed followed by a review of the excretion in breast milk of drugs used in anaesthetic practice. Suggestions for the management of anaesthesia in breast feeding mothers are offered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Charing Cross Hospital, London.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: A P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Rubin
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D001942:Breast Feeding; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007774:Lactation / Q000502:physiology; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000378:metabolism; D011247:Pregnancy
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics