From: Impact of COVID-19 on obstetric anesthesia: a systematic review
Sr. no. | Title | Findings | Reference |
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1 | What obstetricians should know about obstetric anesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic | Avoid general anesthesia, opt neuraxial analgesia, avoid emergent C-section childbirth | (Ring et al. 2020) |
2 | Neuraxial procedures in COVID-19 positive parturients: a review of current reports | The neuraxial procedure should adopt for COVID-19 infected pregnant women | (Bauer et al. 2020a) |
3 | Safety and efficacy of different anesthetic regimens for parturients with COVID-19 undergoing Cesarean delivery: a case series of 17 patients | Epidural and general anesthesia is safe for C-section delivery, PPE required for medical staff safety | (Chen et al. 2020b) |
4 | Anesthetic Management for Emergent Cesarean Delivery in a Parturient with Recent Diagnosis of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Case Report | Combined spinal and epidural anesthesia is effective and ensures the safety of the patient | (Song et al. 2020) |
5 | Spinal anesthesia for patients with Coronavirus Disease 2019 and possible transmission rates in anesthetists: retrospective, single-center, observational cohort study | Administration of spinal anesthesia was safe for COVID-19-infected patients and BSL-3 PPE are important for obstetric anesthesiologists | (Zhong et al. 2020) |
6 | Obstetric anesthesia care and Covid-19 | Neuraxial anesthesia recommended | (Kader and Siddik-Sayyid 2020) |
7 | Practice recommendations on neuraxial anesthesia and peripheral nerve blocks during the COVID-19 pandemic | Anesthesia care should provide only for urgent and critical cases | (Uppal et al. 2020) |
8 | Safe anesthesia and analgesia for obstetric patients in COVID 19 pandemic | Special facilities are required for the care of COVID-19 pregnant women such as video laryngoscope should be preferred over direct laryngoscope to avoid the direct contact of medical staff with infected women | (Ismail and Aman 2020) |
9 | Putting It All Together: Clinical Considerations in the Care of Critically Ill Obstetric Patients with COVID-19 | (Oxford-Horrey et al. 2020) | |
10 | Successful Anesthetic Management in Cesarean Section for Pregnant Woman with COVID-19 | Spinal anesthesia should prefer over general anesthesia in case of a C-section | (Hani et al. 2020) |
11 | Considerations and strategies in the organisation of obstetric anesthesia care during the 2019 COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore | Communication is necessary between staff, institutional leadership, and paramedics to get more and more knowledge and practices against COVID-19 | (Lee et al. 2020) |
12 | Anesthetic Management of Pregnant Patients With COVID-19 | No vertical transmission of COVID-19 infection from mother to infant is possible, epidural anesthesia should be considered and continuous monitoring of platelet count to prevent the risk of thrombocytopenia | (Daykin and Moore 2020) |
13 | Considerations and Recommendations for Obstetric Anesthesia Care During COVID-19 Pandemic-Saudi Anesthesia Society Guidelines | Special care and facilities are required for the care of COVID-19 pregnant women | (Alyamani et al. 2020) |
14 | COVID-19: Obstetric anesthesia care considerations | Patients should inform hospital staff if infected prior to hospital admission, use of isolation rooms and PPEs | (Herman et al. 2021) |
15 | What obstetricians should know about obstetric anesthesia during the COVID-19 pandemic | Do not opt for general anesthesia, prefer early neuraxial analgesia Use of PPEs | (Ring et al. 2020) |
16 | Obstetric Anesthesia During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic | (Bauer et al. 2020b) | |
17 | Novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. Practice recommendations for obstetric anesthesia: what we have learned thus far | (Bampoe et al. 2020) |