title: Providing perioperative care for pregnant women.
abstract: This article explores approaches to the perioperative care of pregnant women. Considerations such as the anatomical and physiological changes that occur during pregnancy are addressed, as well as adaptations to perioperative care made necessary by these changes. The potential limitations, constraints and difficulties faced when planning and implementing care are discussed. Social, psychological and environmental issues are also addressed.
authors.affiliation: Edge Hill University, Ormskirk. robertnunney@gmail.com
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nunney
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D019990:Perioperative Care; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery