Impact of anesttesia method on foetus condition

Topicality. Currently, intrapartum fetal health care is aimed at an adequate choice of anesthetic aid used during delivery to minimize the negative impact. Despite the wide range of currently existing anesthetics, the choice of anesthetic drug is limited by its negative effect not only on the fetus, but also on the contractile activity of the uterus, which significantly reduces the number of anesthetics used in obstetric practice.The purpose of this study is to analyze domestic and foreign literature in order to study the effect of anesthesia on the condition of the fetus. Material and methods. In the course of this study, an analysis of modern Russian and foreign literary sources, as well as the latest scientific works in the field of methods of general and regional anesthesia in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, was carried out.Results. Almost all drugs used for general anesthesia in obstetric practice can have a negative effect on the fetus. Neuroaxial pain relief methods are leading in obstetric practice, but their use is associated with complications that can lead to an adverse outcome not only from the mother, but also from the fetus. One such complication is the risk of arterial hypotension. It is interesting that comparative studies of general and regional anesthesia methods during operative delivery differ in the results obtained. Regarding the issue of anesthesia of natural births, the information of the Congress of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (lecture C.A. Wong (Chicago) “Neuroaxial Labor Analgesia and Prognancy Outcome: Factand Fiction”) remains relevant, according to which neuroaxial anesthesia methods do not affect the condition of the fetus, provided that the mother has stable hemodynamics.Conclusion. Due to the appearance and release of neuroaxial pain relief methods, completely unreasonably little attention is paid to the issues of general anesthesia of pregnant women, while according to the results of a study of scientific literary sources, it was revealed that this method of pain relief in obstetric practice is accompanied by the most direct and mediated effects on the fetus. Neuroaxial pain relief methods have practically no effect on the condition of the fetus, provided that the mother has stable hemodynamics.