Women’s & Obstetric Anesthesia
Women’s and Obstetric Anesthesia provides comprehensive anesthesia services for maternal, breast health and non-oncology gynecology patients at the IWK Health Centre and the QEII Health Sciences Centre, including tertiary high-risk obstetric and neonatal referrals for the Maritime provinces.
The Women’s and Obstetric Anesthesia team provides labour analgesia/anesthesia for an average of 4800 annual deliveries at the IWK birth unit. Seventy per cent of these cases require epidural; 28 per cent require cesarean section.
Gynecological anesthesia is also a large part of the Women’s and Obstetric Anesthesia mandate. The team provides anesthesia services for gynecologic surgeries, and consultation for patients who require gynecological and obstetric pre-operative assessment.
Other patient care activities include non-obstetric anesthesia for pregnant patients requiring surgery, obstetric anesthesia for pregnant patients who are critically ill or have complicated health issues, acute pain anesthesia for women and anesthesia for breast surgeries.
For more information, contact
Dr. Robert Nunn
Chief of Women's and Obstetric Anesthesia
Phone: 902.470.6627
