COVID-19 Webinar Series: 4th Episode

Webinar on COVID-19 4th Episode: Obstetric Anaesthesiology Management

Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2020

Time: 18:00 – 19.00 CEST (17.00 – 18.00 BST)

Webinar Scientific Faculty

Scientific Faculty Leader: 

Prof. Dr Marcelo Gama de Abreu 

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 

University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany 

Host: 

Prof. Dr Ilona Bobek 

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Budapest, Hungary 

Speakers:  

Dr Carolyn Weiniger 

Department of Anaesthesiology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Safed Area, Israel 

Dr Emilia Guasch 

Division Chief of Anaesthesia, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain 

Dr Nuala Lucas 

Consultant Anaesthetist, Northwick Park Hospital, Harrow, United Kingdom 

Scientific Support :  

Prof. Dr. Marcelo Gama de Abreu 

Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care 

University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany 

Target Audience: Anaesthesiologists who practice or have an interest in Obstetric Anaesthesiology Management

Key points of this webinar:  

• Women with COVID-19 should be offered labour epidural analgesia wherever possible 
• Cesarean delivery appears more likely according to published series of COVID-19 
• Strategies including early labour analgesia may avoid the need for general anaesthesia for cesarean delivery 
• During cesarean delivery, general anaesthesia may be required, and appropriate protection should be available to the medical team
• Symptoms of COVID-19  such as fever should not be confused with common obstetric conditions such as chorioamnionitis  

Learning Objectives:
This webinar will enable caregivers of patients with COVID-19 to: 

• Understand the challenges to manage obstetric patients with COVID-19, including identification, screening, tools for setting up a suitable environment in the labour ward, family member presence and postpartum recovery and considerations for the safety of anaesthesiologists
• Learn decision paradigms for providing timely efficient labour analgesia to women with COVID-19, with specific consideration of the sick patient
• Discuss management of cesarean delivery including mode of anaesthesia and minimizing the need for emergency care through timely early decisions

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