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The safety of anaesthetics in pregnant womenKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Expert Opin Drug Saf 5:251-64. 2006..Laparoscopy is the most common surgical procedure performed in the first trimester of pregnancy, whereas appendectomy is the most common procedure performed during the remainder of pregnancy...- Peripartum care of the cocaine-abusing parturient: are we ready?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 84:108-16. 2005..This article discusses briefly several agents (and considers their mechanism of action) that have been proposed for the treatment of chest pain and other cardiovascular side-effects of cocaine toxicity in pregnancy... - The management of accidental epidural catheter disconnection: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, University of California San Diego, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 274:170. 2006 - Cyclic supraventricular tachycardia in the parturient: to treat or not to treat?K M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Minerva Anestesiol 74:501-2. 2008..Herein, we describe the first reported case of a pregnant patient who developed cyclic supraventricular tachycardia during labor. No treatment was prescribed, with a good maternal and fetal outcome... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with lumbar tattoos: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 274:310-2. 2006..This author is not aware of any other review articles in English literature discussing implications, and complications of labor analgesia in parturients presenting with lumbar tattoos... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with neurological disease: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego Medical Center, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 274:41-6. 2006..This article attempts to review the specific concerns for administration of labor analgesia posed by multiple sclerosis, myasthenia gravis, epilepsy, paraplegia and subarachnoid hemorrhage... - Anesthesia for the repeat cesarean section in the parturient with abnormal placentation: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, USCD Medical Center 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 273:319-21. 2006..I herein present the case of a pregnant patient with abnormal placentation and review the current state-of-the-art obstetric and anesthetic management of this complication... - Diagnostic dilemmas in the delivery suite: myocardial ischemia due to coronary artery disease versus HELLP syndrome-related coronary artery spasmKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 273:267. 2006 - Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in the parturient: an uncommon disorder--common dilemma in the delivery roomKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA, 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 273:60-2. 2005..CONCLUSION: Because of multi-organ involvement and the varied presentations of this disease, no uniform obstetric and anesthetic recommendations regarding the peripartum care of these parturients can be made... - Herbal ecstasy: cardiovascular complications of khat chewing in pregnancyK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, California 92103 8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 56:19-21. 2005..I herein present the first reported case of a pregnant patient who developed chest pain, tachycardia, and hypertension following khat-chewing session... - Trauma during pregnancy: a situation pregnant with dangerK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, California 92103 8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 56:13-8. 2005..This article reviews the current considerations for the optimal perioperative management of pregnant trauma victims... - Post-dural puncture headache in the obstetric patient: an old problem. New solutionsK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Minerva Anestesiol 70:823-30. 2004..This article reviews the latest developments (maintaining cerebrospinal fluid volume) aimed at prevention of PDPH... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with pregnancy-induced hypertension: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 272:214-7. 2005..DISCUSSION: This article reviews the special concerns posed by PIH, one of the most common medical conditions encountered in pregnancy... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with respiratory disease: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, 92103 8770, CA, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 272:160-6. 2005..When pregnancy is complicated by a respiratory tract disorder such as asthma, cystic fibrosis or tobacco-related respiratory complications the peripartum management (both obstetric and anesthetic) may become challenging... - Controversies in the delivery suite: obstetrical anesthesia for the parturient with cavernous transformation of the portal veinKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 272:179-81. 2005..Cavernous transformation of the portal vein (CTPV) is a rare disorder resulting from extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis and development of collateral venous circulation... - Anesthetic management of labor pain: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 271:97-103. 2005..Anesthesia-related complications are the sixth leading cause of pregnancy-related maternal mortality in the United States... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with spinal cord injury: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 274:108-12. 2006..Expeditious induction of labor analgesia may prevent or ameliorate peripartum complications (including AHR) in laboring parturients with SCI... - The management of accidental dural puncture in pregnant women: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, University of California, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 275:125-31. 2007..This article reviews the current literature on the pathophysiology, incidence, prevention, and treatment of PDPH in pregnant women... - Cesarean hysterectomy for placenta percreta invading the anterior abdominal wall: anesthetic considerations--a case reportKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Middle East J Anesthesiol 19:1105-9. 2008..We herein present the case of a pregnant patient with placenta percreta invading anterior abdominal wall and review the perioperative (Cesarean hysterectomy) anesthetic management of this complication... - Medico-legal issues in obstetric anesthesia: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 278:503-5. 2008..However, in addition to clinical challenges obstetric anesthesia is laden with medico-legal liability... - Anesthesia machine as a cause of intraoperative "code red" in the labor and delivery suiteKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 278:477-8. 2008..I herein describe the first reported case of a fire in the labor and delivery suite, which also happens to be the first case of a fire caused by malfunctioning anesthesia machine... - The effects of drug abuse on pregnancyKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California 92103 8770, USA
Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 19:578-85. 2007..The present article is an update on the effects of drug abuse on pregnancy outcome... - Timing of induction of labour analgesia: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87:6-7. 2008 - Laparoscopic procedures during pregnancy and the risks of anesthesia: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 276:201-9. 2007..Nonobstetric surgery may be necessary during any stage of gestation... - Images in Anesthesia: Ex utero intrapartum treatment (exit procedure): fetal airway managementKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
Can J Anaesth 53:1117. 2006 - The epidural "fever": what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 276:71-2. 2007 - Labor pain and its management with the combined spinal-epidural analgesia: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 275:183-5. 2007.... - Images (and challenges) in the delivery suite: large mucinous cystadenoma coexisting with an intrauterine pregnancy in a healthy parturientKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California-San Diego Medical Center, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 275:413-4. 2007 - Labor analgesia for pregnant women with spina bifida: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 275:53-6. 2007..Provision of labor analgesia in pregnant women with spina bifida continues to be a challenge. This manuscript attempts to provide a synopsis of the available literature on labor analgesia in pregnant women with spina bifida... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with prior spinal surgery: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 274:373-5. 2006..This author is not aware of any other review articles in English literature discussing special considerations for labor analgesia in parturients presenting with history of prior spinal instrumentation... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with herbal medicines use: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 274:233-9. 2006..This review article attempts to summarize current data on special considerations for labor analgesia in parturients with herbal medicines use... - Ephedrine-containing oral nutritional supplements in a pregnant athlete: is it worth the risk?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 85:247-8. 2006 - Levobupivacaine and ropivacaine: the new choices for labor analgesiaK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anaesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, California 92103 8770, USA
Int J Clin Pract 58:604-5. 2004..This review article, intended for primary care providers, briefly addresses the current controversies regarding choice of local anaesthetics for pain management in labour... - Labor analgesia for the tobacco and ethanol abusing pregnant patient: a routine management?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 271:6-10. 2005..As a result, recreational use of tobacco and alcohol in pregnancy may continue undetected, significantly impacting pregnancy outcome and the peripartum management of these patients... - Airway problems and new solutions for the obstetric patientKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA, USA
J Clin Anesth 15:552-63. 2003.... - Human immunodeficiency virus in the parturientKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California 92103, USA
J Clin Anesth 15:224-33. 2003..The safety of regional neuraxial spread has been a concern in the past, nevertheless, recent analysis of the problem has shown that HIV infection in pregnancy does not contraindicate administration of regional anesthesia... - Anesthetic management of the parturient with fever and infectionKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 402 Dickinson Street, San Diego, CA 92103 8812, USA
J Clin Anesth 15:478-88. 2003..Despite this concern, and lack of universal guidelines, it has now been well established that the presence of infection and fever in labor does not always contraindicate the administration of regional anesthesia... - Post-dural puncture headache, intracranial air and obstetric anesthesiaK M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, California 92103, USA
Anaesthesist 52:798-800. 2003..This case report raises one more time the question about the safety of the LORA technique for labor analgesia... - Unilateral epidural nerve root hematoma in a parturientK M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology, Reproductive Medicine and Neuropathology, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 54:157-9. 2003 - Anesthetic implications of drug abuse in pregnancyKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
J Clin Anesth 15:382-94. 2003..Regardless of the drug(s) ingested and clinical manifestations, it is always difficult to predict the exact anesthetic implications in chemically dependent patients... - An initially unnoticed piece of nasal jewelry in a parturient: implications for intraoperative airway managementKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
J Clin Anesth 15:359-62. 2003..Based on this experience, we now advise all laboring parturients with nasal or oral jewelry in situ to remove the hardware on admission to Labor and Delivery for safety precautions... - Rebound hyperkalemia after cessation of intravenous tocolytic therapy with terbutaline in the treatment of preterm labor: anesthetic implicationsKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
J Clin Anesth 15:357-8. 2003.... - Amphetamine abuse in pregnancy: anesthetic implicationsK M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 54:161-3. 2003..The following case report illustrates the problems that may arise during anesthesia in the parturient with recent amphetamine intake... - Labor analgesia for the drug abusing parturient: is there cause for concern?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 58:599-608. 2003.... - Once a post-dural puncture headache patient always post-dural puncture headache patient?K M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 54:167-8. 2003..It is well known that symptoms of post-dural puncture headache (PDPH) are more likely if there has been a preceding PDPH. We herein present a patient who developed a PDPH following each of two dural punctures separated by 9 years... - Neurologic complication of labor analgesia: facts and fictionKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 59:47-51. 2004.... - Nonobstetric surgery during pregnancy: what are the risks of anesthesia?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 59:52-6. 2004..Despite these concerns, the safety of nonobstetric surgery and anesthesia in pregnancy has been well established, and many pregnant women are safely anesthetized everyday without ill effects for the mother or fetus... - The cocaine abusing parturient: a review of anesthetic considerationsKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California 92103 8770, USA
Can J Anaesth 51:145-54. 2004..Cocaine remains the drug commonly used for recreational purposes in pregnancy. However, there appears to be an absence of uniform guidelines for obstetric and anesthetic management of pregnant patients with a history of cocaine abuse... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with an uncommon disorder: a common dilemma in the delivery suiteKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, USA
Obstet Gynecol Surv 58:800-3. 2003.... - Marijuana in pregnancyK M Kuczkowski
UCSD Medical Center, San Diego 92103 8770, USA
Ann Acad Med Singapore 33:336-9. 2004..However, there appears to be an absence of uniform guidelines for obstetric and anaesthetic management of pregnant patients with a history of marijuana abuse... - Tongue piercing and obstetric anesthesia: is there cause for concern?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology University of California, San Diego Medical Center, 402 Dickinson Street, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
J Clin Anesth 14:447-8. 2002..Based on this experience, we advise laboring patients with oral jewelry to remove the hardware before receiving anesthesia for safety reasons... - Labor analgesia for the morbidly obese parturient: an old problem--new solutionKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 271:302-3. 2005.... - Substance use and misuse in pregnancy: peripartum anesthetic management of a parturient with recent methanol toluene and isopropanol intakeK M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 55:53-5. 2004.... - Ambulation with combined spinal-epidural labor analgesia: the techniqueK M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 55:29-34. 2004.... - Ambulatory labor analgesia: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8812, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 83:415-24. 2004..This article assesses the validity of various strongly advocated opinions as to whether parturients benefit from ambulation in labor and also reviews the current trends in ambulatory labor analgesia... - Anesthetic considerations for the HIV-infected pregnant patientKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8812, USA
Yonsei Med J 45:1-6. 2004..Nevertheless, recent analysis of the problem has shown HIV infection should not contraindicate regional anesthesia... - Labor analgesia for the parturient with cardiac disease: what does an obstetrician need to know?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, California, USA
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 83:223-33. 2004..This article will review the current guidelines and standards pertinent to management of obstetric analgesia and anesthesia in parturients with cardiac disease... - Decrease in the incidence of post-dural puncture headache: maintaining CSF volumeK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 47:98-100. 2003..PDPH occurred in only one of these cases (14%)... - Post-dural puncture syndrome in an elderly patient with remote history of previous post-dural puncture syndromeK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 46:1049-50. 2002..We herein report a case to show that this general rule may still apply even after the passage of 50 years... - Transient aphonia and aphagia in a parturient after induction of combined spinal-epidural labor analgesia with subarachnoid fentanyl and bupivacaineK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W. Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 54:165-6. 2003 - Autonomic dysreflexia in a parturient with spinal cord injuryS L Osgood
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California 92103-8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 57:161-2. 2006..Spinal anesthesia may be superior to epidural anesthesia for providing hemodynamic protection against ADR during cesarean section... - Maternal satisfaction with single-dose spinal analgesia for labor pain in Indonesia: a landmark studyKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
J Anesth 22:55-8. 2008..This technique is very cost-effective and should be recommended for routine obstetric pain control in Indonesia and other developing countries... - Repeat cesarean section in a morbidly obese parturient: a new anesthetic optionKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 46:753-4. 2002..We present a case of a morbidly obese parturient who underwent repeat cesarean section under CSEA conducted with the recently introduced (and commercially available) CSEA needle set, specifically designed for morbidly obese patients... - Subglottic tracheal stenosis in pregnancy: anaesthetic implicationsK M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, 200 W, Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Anaesth Intensive Care 31:576-7. 2003..We present the first reported case of a pregnant patient with severe subglottic tracheal stenosis who required elective surgical tracheostomy prior to administration of labour analgesia... - Uneventful epidural labor analgesia and vaginal delivery in a parturient with Arnold-Chiari malformation type I and sickle cell diseaseBeverly J Newhouse
Department of Anesthesiology, UCSD Medical Center, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103 8770, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 275:311-3. 2007..We include a discussion of the risks associated with pregnancy, labor, neuraxial anesthesia, and delivery in a patient with Arnold-Chiari malformation type I and sickle cell disease... - The ex utero intrapartum treatment procedure: anesthetic considerationsLeon C Chang
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, UCSD Medical Center, University of California San Diego, 200 W Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 277:83-5. 2008..We present a case of an uneventful EXIT procedure and include a discussion of the anesthetic goals for this operation... - Advances in obstetric anesthesia: anesthesia for fetal intrapartum operations on placental supportKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California 92103 8770, USA
J Anesth 21:243-51. 2007..The goal of this article is to review the current recommendations for the peripartum anesthetic management of pregnant women carrying fetuses with fetal congenital malformations undergoing OOPS... - Anesthetic considerations for cesarean section in the parturient with familial cardiomyopathyW L Wood
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 59:87-9. 2008.... - Anesthesia for pregnant women with valvular heart disease: the state-of-the-artKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
J Anesth 21:252-7. 2007.... - Social drug use in the parturient: implications for the management of obstetrical anaesthesiaK M Kuczkowski
Departments of Anaesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA
Med J Malaysia 58:147-54; quiz 155. 2003..This article reviews the consequences of the social drug use in pregnancy including ethanol, tobacco and caffeine and offers recommendation for anaesthetic management of these potentially complicated pregnancies... - Peripartum implications of caffeine intake in pregnancy: is there cause for concern?K M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, USA
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim 56:612-5. 2009.... - Peripartum care of the parturient with acute fatty liver of pregnancyJ G Modir
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California 92103 8770, USA
Acta Anaesthesiol Belg 59:51-3. 2008..We herein present a case of acute fatty liver and hepatic failure that developed during the third trimester of pregnancy. Favorable maternal and fetal outcome was accomplished... - Caffeine in pregnancyKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, Paul L Foster School of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, 4800 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, TX, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 280:695-8. 2009.... - Uneventful epidural labor analgesia in a parturient with immune thrombocytopenic purpura and platelet count of 26,000/mm3 which was unknown preoperativelyTobias Moeller-Bertram
Department of Anesthesiology and Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92103, USA
J Clin Anesth 16:51-3. 2004..No neurologic or hematological complications were reported... - [Delleman syndrome: anesthetic considerations]B D Jamieson
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California, San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92103-8770, USA
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 24:830. 2005..This is only the second report of the anesthetic management of a patient with this condition. We attempt to summarize some of the anesthetic implications of this syndrome... - Obstetric anesthesia: past present and futureKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Department of Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso, Paul L FosterSchool of Medicine, 4800 Alberta Avenue, El Paso, Texas, USA
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 22:819-22. 2009..The purpose of this article is to explore a number of important issues in modern practice of obstetric anesthesia... - Diagnostic dilemma: hepatic rupture due to HELLP syndrome vs. traumaBryan M Harris
Departments of Anesthesiology and Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA
Arch Gynecol Obstet 272:176-8. 2005..DISCUSSION: The diagnostic dilemma between spontaneous HELLP syndrome-associated versus trauma-related hepatic rupture is discussed... - Spinal anesthesia for Cesarean delivery in a parturient with Arnold-Chiari type I malformationKrzysztof M Kuczkowski
Can J Anaesth 51:639. 2004 - Images in anesthesia: headache caused by pneumocephalus following inadvertent dural puncture during epidural space identification: is it time to abandon the loss of resistance to air technique?Krzysztof M Kuczkowski
Can J Anaesth 50:159-60. 2003