title: Anaesthesia for lower-segment caesarean section: Changing perspectives.
abstract: The number of caesarean sections has increased over the last two decades, especially in the developed countries. Hence, it has increasingly become a greater challenge to provide care for the parturient, but this has given obstetric anaesthetists a greater opportunity to contribute to obstetric services. While caesarean deliveries were historically performed using general anaesthesia, there is a recent significant move towards regional anaesthesia. Unique problems that patients with obesity and pre-eclampsia present will be discussed in the present article. New medications and devices now used in obstetric anaesthesia will change the practice and perspectives of our clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Women's Anaesthesia, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
authors.forename: Sean Brian
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Yeoh
authors.forename: Sng Ban
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Leong
authors.forename: Alex Sia Tiong
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Heng