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Anesthesiologists, both generalists and subspecialists, have an important role in the care of the critically ill obstetric patient. Obstetrical conditions that may require critical care treatment range from spinal epidural hematomas (which require experience with neuroanesthesia); peripartum cardiomyopathy (borrowing expertise from cardiac and criticalcare anesthesiologists); local anesthetic systemic toxicity, or LAST (regional anesthesiology), to name a few. Implicit in all of these conditions is the need for advanced monitoring to ensure safe care of the critically ill obstetric patient. Although standard physiological monitoring used by anesthesiologists is mandatory, additional physiological monitoring may be necessary, if not essential to manage the critically ill obstetric patient.

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