Anesthesia for Parturient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus

Modern treatment regimens prolong lives and improve quality of life of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients. Many anesthesiologists encounter HIV-infected parturient in their daily practice at the childbearing age. Both the effects of pregnancy and HIV infection may complicate anesthetic and obstetrical interventions. Therefore, anesthesiologists caring for HIV-infected parturient should have a basic knowledge on the clinical manifestation, organ involvement and treatment of the disease, and drug interactions and transmission of the virus to child and healthcare workers. It is essential to have this knowledge to perform a safe anesthetic management plan for the parturient infected with HIV.