Anesthesia-associated maternal mortality and complications continue to decline due to improvements in practice and ongoing research in the field of obstetric anesthesiology. This chapter covers key topics in obstetric anesthetic complications, including accidental dural puncture, post-dural puncture headache, general anesthesia-related complications, inadequate labor analgesia, high neural blockade, post-partum back pain, CNS infections, as well as neurological injury.
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Keywords: accidental dural puncture, post-dural puncture headache, general anesthesia-related complications, inadequate labor analgesia, high neural blockade, postpartum back pain, CNS infections, neurological injury.