Review Article Anaesthesiological considerations on tocolytic and uterotonic therapy in obstetrics

substances may be of concern to the anaesthesiologist. Recently, new drugs have been introduced having less side effects for both the mother and the neonate. Methods: A literature search was undertaken mainly focusing on meta-analyses, to review the possible side effects that might affect the course of anaesthesia and to suggest which precautions should be considered to pre-vent the occurrence of significant interactions with anaes-thetic manipulations and drugs. Results: Magnesium sulphate has a proven benefit in lowering systolic blood pressure and preventing the oc-currence of eclampsia, but not as a tocolytic. b-adrenergic agonists are being abandoned due to the availability of tocolytic agents causing less side effects. Calcium channel blockers (CCB) are frequently used but can cause majo