In recent years, there has been a growing interest in anesthetic management of parturients diagnosed with preeclampsia.
The management of patients with preeclampsia is influenced by maternal conditions that include airway changes, coagulation dysfunction and significant hemodynamic changes.
Without changing regular practice the investigators will observe and collect data about: the type of anesthesia during surgery, perioperative monitoring and management of these patients (please see study outcomes). Complications reported in the literature include significant elevated blood pressure during laryngoscopy and development of intracranial hemorrhage, spinal/epidural bleeding during neuraxial anesthesia in patients with preeclampsia, and coagulation abnormalities.
Although the number of patients diagnosed with preeclampsia is estimated at five to ten percent of the general maternity population, there is a lack of prospective studies regarding the anesthetic management, obstetric complications and neonatal outcomes. In most centers the data regarding the rate of general anesthesia for cesarean section, the difficulty in performing neuraxial anesthesia, complications related to coagulation dysfunction and other complications, is limited.
In studies published by gynecologists or neonatologists, there is a significant lack of data relevant to the daily practice of anesthesiologists.
