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Anesthesia Care of Lactating Patients
Sarah E Dodd1, Kaytlin E Krutsch2
1Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 1st Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Anesthesia providers can make significant impacts on the short-term and long-term health and well-being of lactating patients who present for anesthesia care. Development of a lactation-compatible anesthetic plan that supports the patient's individual breastfeeding goals and provides procedural conditions with symptom management is possible. Considerations for preoperative evaluation, intraoperative medications and management, and postoperative symptom management and care coordination are discussed.
Anesthesia providers can make significant impacts on the short-term and long-term health and well-being of lactating patients who present for anesthesia care. Development of a lactation-compatible anesthetic plan that supports the patient's individual breastfeeding goals and provides procedural conditions with symptom management is possible. Considerations for preoperative evaluation, intraoperative medications and management, and postoperative symptom management and care coordination are discussed.
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