Obstetric anaesthesiologists of WWRC publish textbook for obstetric anaesthetic doctors

Tribune News Network Doha A team of anaesthesiologists from Hamad Medical Corporation’s Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) have published a textbo...

Tribune News NetworkDohaA team of anaesthesiologists from Hamad Medical Corporation’s Women’s Wellness and Research Center (WWRC) have published a textbook, titled ‘Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia’, which features chapters describing the clinical situations that obstetric anaesthesiologists would typically encounter while working with pregnant patients. Six members of staff from WWRC contributed three of the 73 chapters with two authors contributing one chapter each. The staff members are: Dr Mitko Kocarev, senior consultant in Anaesthesia, WWRC; Dr Fatima Khatoon, Dr Amber Naz, Dr Umar Mushtaq and Dr Sikha Shastham Valappil, all associate consultants in anaesthesia at WWRC; and Dr Muhammad Waseem Athar, consultant in Anaesthesiology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Arkansas, USA. Dr Roshan Fernando, senior consultant in Anaesthesia, WWRC is the Chief Editor of the textbook. Dr Fernando explains that he was commissioned by Springer Nature, Europe to write a concise textbook for practising obstetric anaesthetic doctors of all grades so that they could refer quickly to it when they wanted further information about clinical problems they encountered. “The book, which has just been published this February, has 73 chapters including one on pregnant patients with COVID-19 and other topics ranging from common to rare clinical situations,” Dr. Fernando mentioned.Dr Hilal Amin Al Rifai, medical director and acting chief executive officer of WWRC, said: “There is no doubt that this book will be very useful to all practicing and aspiring obstetric anaesthetic doctors across all our maternity facilities in Qatar and the world at large.”Dr. Mohammed Hilani, acting chairman of Anaesthesiology, said: “This book is part of the continuing work of the Anaesthesiology Department in the field of medical education in line with the commitment of HMC to health, education as well as research. We hope that this international textbook from our very own department will facilitate every physician’s understanding of the complexity associated with practising obstetric anaesthesia knowing that obstetric anaesthesiologists around the world care for not one but two patients during each and every delivery.”In a foreword written for the book, Professor Brendan Carvalho, chief of division of Obstetric Anaesthesia within the Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative and Pain Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine, California, USA, states: “Quick Hits in Obstetric Anaesthesia is not only aimed at novice obstetric anaesthetists but is also intended for use as a quick reference guide by all grades of anaesthetists. The information in the book is clearly presented and summarizes the management of emergency situations and common problems which are encountered while working with pregnant patients. Different anaesthetic “recipes” and management strategies are presented for common obstetric procedures in addition to trouble-shooting chapters and ‘what to do lists’ for frequently encountered dilemmas.” He adds: “’Quick Hits in Obstetric Anesthesia’ includes chapters which are written by numerous leading international experts in the field of obstetric anaesthesia, covering a spectrum of antenatal and postpartum situations when the input of obstetric anaesthetists to multidisciplinary team working is key to ensuring excellent patient outcomes”.