title: Airway problems in pregnancy.
abstract: Obstetric anesthesia is considered to be a difficult, high-risk practice that exposes the anesthesiologist to increased medicolegal liability. Anesthetic management of parturient patients is a challenge, as it involves simultaneous care of two lives. The anesthesia practitioner has a duty to provide safe anesthetic care, including effective airway management when providing regional or general anesthesia. The potential need to manipulate the airway is perhaps the leading cause of concern among obstetric anesthesiologists.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Baylor College of Medicine, 6550 Fannin, Smith Tower, Suite 1003, Houston, TX 77030, USA. umunnur@bcm.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Uma
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Munnur
authors.forename: Maya S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Suresh
mesh_terms: D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods* / Q000401:mortality; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D011247:Pregnancy; D012306:Risk