AlexanderButwickMDMBBS, FRCA, MS

PubMed

• Risk of postpartum hemorrhage with increasing first stage labor duration.
  Linnea V Ladfors, Xingrong Liu, Anna Sandström, Louise Lundborg, Alexander J Butwick
  Scientific Reports. 2024-09-27
• Navigating coagulopathy in obstetric hemorrhage: The role of point-of-care testing.
  Nicholas Gill, Alexander Butwick, Sarah F Bell
  Best Practice & Research. Clinical Anaesthesiology. 2024-09-01
• 2 citations
  Validity of ICD-10 diagnosis codes for placenta accreta spectrum disorders.
  Anjali R Jotwani, Deirdre J Lyell, Alexander J Butwick, Wanjiru Rwigi, Stephanie A Leonard
  Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2024-07-01

Journal Articles

• Maternal Body Mass Index and Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study  
  A.J. Butwick, C.A. Wong, N. Guo, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2018
• Assessing the Association Between Blood Loss and Postoperative Hemoglobin After Cesarean Delivery: A Prospective Study of 4 Blood Loss Measurement Modalities  
  K. Fedoruk, K.M. Seligman, B. Carvalho, A.J. Butwick, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2018
• Prevalence of Depression among Women of Reproductive Age in the United States  
  N. Guo, T. Robakis, C. Miller, A. Butwick, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2018
• Mode of Anesthesia for Cesarean Delivery and Maternal Morbidity: Can We Overcome Confounding by Indication?  
  A.J. Butwick, A. Palanisamy, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1/1/2018
• Effect of Body Mass Index on Pospartum Hemorrhage  
  A.J. Butwick, A. Abreo, B.T. Bateman, H.C. Lee, Y.Y. El-Sayed, O. Stephansson, P. Flood, Anesthesiology, 1/1/2018
• Availability and Readability of Online Patient Education Materials Regarding Regional Anesthesia Techniques for Perioperative Pain Management  
  T Edward Kim, Alexander J Butwick, Edward R Mariano, Gunjan Kumar, Steven K Howard, Pain Medicine
• National and International Guidelines for Patient Blood Management in Obstetrics: A Qualitative Review  
  R. Shaylor, C.F. Weiniger, N. Austin, A. Tzabasis, A. Shander, L.T. Goodnough, A.J. Butwick, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2017
• Epidemiology of Severe Postpartum Anemia after Caesarean Section  
  A. Butwick, E. Walsh, M. Kuzniewicz, S. Li, G. Escobar, Transfusion, 1/1/2017
• The Effect of a High Rate vs Low Rate Oxytocin Infusion for Maintaining Uterine Contractility during Elective Cesarean Delivery  
  A. Duffield, C. McKenzie, B. Carvalho, B. Ramachandran, V. Yin, Y.Y. El-Sayed, E.T. Riley, A.J. Butwick, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2017
• Postpartum Hemorrhage After Vaginal Delivery: Risk Factors and Maternal Outcomes  
  C. Miller, S. Cohn, S. Akdagli, B. Carvalho, Y.J. Blumenfeld, A.J. Butwick, Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2017
• Risk Factors for Severe Postpartum Hemorrhage after Cesarean Delivery: Case-Control Studies  
  A.J. Butwick, B. Ramachandran, P. Hegde, E.T. Riley, Y.Y. El-Sayed, L.M. Nelson, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2017
• Postcesarean delivery analgesia  
  B. Carvalho, A.J. Butwick, Best Practice Research and Clinical Anaesthesiology, 1/1/2017
• Comparative Effectiveness of Lower Leg Compression Devices Versus Sequential Compression Devices to Prevent Postspinal Hypotension During Cesarean Delivery  
  B. Carvalho, L.L. Zheng, A Butwick, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2017
• Letter in response: Tranexamic Acid for the Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage  
  A. Butwick, C. Deneux-Tharaux, L. Sentilhes, Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2017
• Blood Loss at Delivery Among Postpartum Patients: A Survey of Maternal Knowledge  
  M. Farber, C.M. Miller, B. Ramachandran, P. Hegde, K. Akbar, L.T. Goodnough, A. Butwick, Peer J, 1/31/2016
• Availability and readability of online patient education materials regarding regional anesthesia techniques for perioperative pain management  
  G. Kumar, S.K. Howard, A. Kou, T.E. Kim, A.J. Butwick, E.R. Mariano, Pain Medicine, 1/2/2016
• Evaluation of High Risk Obstetric Patients: A Survey of US Academic Centers  
  M. Tourinine, A. Butwick, Journal of Clinical Anesthesia, 1/1/2016
• Israeli survey of anesthesia practice related to placenta previa and accreta  
  A. Ioscovich, D. Shatalin, A.J. Butwick, Y. Ginosar, S. Orbach-Zinger, C.F. Weiniger, Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica, 1/1/2016
• Eating in Labor: Mini-Commentary  
  C. Sutton, A. Butwick, British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology (BJOG), 1/1/2016
• Racial and ethnic disparities in mode of anesthesia for Cesarean delivery  
  A. Butwick, Y. Blumenfeld, K. Brookfield, C. Weiniger, Anesthesia and Analgesia, 1/1/2016
• Checklists and multidisciplinary team performance during simulated obstetric hemorrhage  
  G. Hilton, K. Daniels, S.N. Goldhaber-Fiebert, S. Lipman, B. Carvalho, A. Butwick, International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia, 1/1/2016
• Vasopressors and spinal hypotension during cesarean delivery: What's the latest?  
  A. Butwick, M. Columb, B. Carvalho, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1/1/2015
• The impact of advanced maternal age on peripartum thromboelastographic coagulation profiles: A prospective observational exploratory study  
  A. Butwick, M. Guiterrez, G. Hilton, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 1/1/2015
• Antenatal corticosteroids for preterm premature rupture of membranes: single or repeat course?  
  K.F. Brookfield, Y.Y. El-Sayed, L. Chao, V. Berger, M. Naqvi, A.J. Butwick, American Journal of Perinatology, 1/1/2015
• Second line uterotonics and the risk of hemorrhage-related morbidity  
  A.J. Butwick, B. Carvalho, Y.J. Blumenfeld, Y.Y. El-Sayed, L. Nelson, B.T. Bateman, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1/1/2015
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Books/Book Chapters

• Obstetric Anesthesia 
  Chapter: Postoperative Analgesia: Epidural and Spinal Techniques. 
  B. Carvalho, A. ButwickEditors: D.H. Chestnut.Elsevier-Mosby, Philadelphia, PAEdition 4th,2009

Abstracts/Posters

• Association between Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Neuraxial Labor Analgesia: A Population-Based Study.
  A. Butwick, C.A. Wong, J.M. Snowden, N. Guo, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Miami, 1/1/2018
• Is Neuraxial Analgesia Associated with a Lower Risk of Neonatal Morbidity Among Hypertensive Women of Pregnancy with Term Singleton Pregnancies?
  A. Butwick, C.A. Wong, J.M. Snowden, N. Guo, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Miami, 1/1/2018
• Is Neuraxial Analgesia Associated with a Lower Risk of Neonatal Morbidity Among Normotensive Women of Pregnancy with Term Singleton Pregnancies?
  A. Butwick, C.A. Wong, J.M. Snowden, N. Guo, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Miami, 1/1/2018
• Predictors for Women Who Are Not 100% Satisfied with Obstetric Anesthesia after Vaginal Delivery and Cesarean Delivery: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
  M. Yurashevich, B. Carvalho, A. Butwick, P. Flood, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Miami, 1/1/2018
• Maternal Body Mass Index and Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia: A Population-Based Retrospective Cohort Study.
  A. Butwick, C.A. Wong, N.Guo, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Miami, 1/1/2018
• Maternal Body Mass Index and the Risk of Antepartum and Postpartum Venous Thromboembolism.
  A. Butwick, J. Bentley, O. Stephansson, Y.Y. El-Sayed, N. Guo, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Miami, 1/1/2018
• Severe Maternal Morbidity during Delivery Hospitalization in California Among Women with Stillbirth.
  A.J. Butwick, L. Sie, R. Gibbs, A. Girsen, G. Shaw, S. Carmichael, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Miami, 1/1/2018
• Which Blood Loss Measurement Technique Best Predicts Post-Cesarean Hemoglobin?
  K. Fedoruk, K.M. Seligman, B. Carvalho, A. Butwick, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Seattle, 1/1/2017
• Maternal Obesity and the Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage: A Cohort Study
  A. Butwick, A. Abreo, BT Bateman, HC Lee, YY El-Sayed, P Flood, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Seattle, 1/1/2017
• Maternal Obesity on Postpartum Hemorrhage: Effect Modification by Mode of Delivery.
  A. Butwick, A. Abreo, BT Bateman, HC Lee, YY El-Sayed, P Flood, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Seattle, 1/1/2017
• The Epidemiology of Placenta Previa in California, 2008-2012.
  A. Butwick, HC Lee, D Lyell, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Seattle, 1/1/2017
• Hypodysfibrinogenemia in a Pregnant Patient: Peripartum Management and Thromboelastogram Results.
  J. Kowalczyk, A. Traynor, A. Butwick, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Seattle, 1/1/2017
• Assessment of critical care education in obstetric anesthesiology fellowship curriculum.
  C. Padilla, M. Zakowski, M. Pian-Smith, R. Minehart, A. Dennis, A. Butwick, M. Farber, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Seattle, 1/1/2017
• Neuraxial Anesthesia in Obstetric Patients Receiving Thromboprophylaxis with Unfractionated or Low Molecular Weight Heparin: a Systematic Review of Spinal Epidural Hem...
  L. Leffert, H. Dubois, A. Butwick, B. Carvalho, T. Houle, R. Landau, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Seattle, 1/1/2017
• The burden of preeclampsia on preterm birth.
  H.C. Lee, M.V. Bennety, S. Green, A.J. Butwick, M. Druzin, K. Melsop, T.G.N. Ton, Pediatric Academic Societies 2016 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD, 1/30/2016
• Postpartum hemoglobin levels are not associated with maternal health-related quality of life measures.
  C. Miller, B. Ramachandran, P. Hegde, K. Akbar, B. Carvalho, A. Butwick, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Boston, 1/1/2016
• Trial of labor vs. primary cesarean delivery in women with extreme obesity.
  S.S. Osmundson, K. O'Malley, A.J. Butwick, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Atlanta, GA, 2016; Boston, MA, 2016, 1/1/2016
• Does magnesium sulfate exposure attenuate the effect of steroids administered for fetal lung maturation?
  K. Brookfield, K. O'Malley, A. Yeaton-Massey, A. Butwick, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Atlanta, GA, 2016; Boston, MA, 2016, 1/1/2016
• Postpartum Anemia after Cesarean Delivery: A Population-Based Analysis
  A. Butwick, E. Walsh, S. Xi, M. Kuzniewicz, GJ Escobar, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Boston, 1/1/2016
• Utilization and Predictors of Efficacy of Nitrous Oxide for Labor Analgesia
  C. Sutton, A. Butwick. E. Riley, B. Carvalho, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Boston, 1/1/2016
• Study to investigate the association between placenta accreta subtype and red blood cell transfusion.
  S. Baktary, A. Yeaton-Massey, A. Panigrahi, D Lyell, LT Goodnough, A. Butwick, Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Atlanta, GA, 2016; Boston, MA, 2016, 1/1/2016
• Risk Factors for Severe Postpartum hemorrhage among women undergoing prelabor cesarean delivery.
  A. Butwick, B. Ramachandran, P. Hegde, E.T.Riley, Y.Y. El-Sayed, L.M. Nelson, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Boston, 1/1/2016
• Associations between thromboelastographic parameters and total estimated blood loss in patients undergoing intrapartum cesarean delivery.
  AJ Butwick, F. Mirza, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Boston, 1/1/2016
• Obstetric Interventions and Maternal Morbidity among women experiencing severe postpartum hemorrhage during prelabor cesarean delivery.
  K. Seligman, B. Ramachandran, P. Hegde, Y.Y. El-Sayed, LM Nelson, A Butwick, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, Boston, 1/1/2016
• Obstetric Interventions and Maternal Morbidity among women experiencing severe postpartum hemorrhage during intrapartum cesarean delivery.
  K. Seligman, B. Ramachandran, P. Hegde, Y.Y. El-Sayed, LM Nelson, A Butwick, Society for Obstetric Anesthesia & Perinatology, American Society of Anesthesiologists, Boston, MA, 2016; Chicago, IL, 2016, 1/1/2016
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Lectures

• The Anesthetic Management of Obstetric Hemorrhage 
  1/1/2018
• Maternal Body Mass Index and the Risk of Antepartum and Postpartum Venous Thromboembolism 
  1/1/2018
• Promoting Your Neuraxial Labor Analgesia Service 
  San Francisco - 1/1/2018
• Point of Care Testing for Coagulopathy in Pregnancy 
  San Francisco - 1/1/2018
• State-wide variation in neuraxial labor analgesia use in the United States. 
  Miami - 1/1/2018
• Obstetric Hemorrhage 
  Miami - 1/1/2018
• Managing postpartum hemorrhage in women with bleeding disorders - The role of point of care testing and the use of tranexamic acid. 
  Montreal - 1/1/2018
• The WOMAN Trial - Should we use Tranexamic Acid for Postpartum Hemorrhage? 
  Portland - 1/1/2017
• New VTE Bundles in OB: How will this affect OB Anesthesia? 
  San Francisco - 1/1/2017
• Maternal Obesity and The Risk of Postpartum Hemorrhage 
  Seattle - 1/1/2017
• Postpartum Hemorrhage Management 
  1/1/2017
• Update in the Prevention and Management of Postpartum Hemorrhage 
  1/1/2017
• Updates in Obstetric Anesthesia 
  1/1/2016
• Intrapartum Analgesia; Panel: 'Putting the 'O' back into MFM'. 
  Atlanta - 1/1/2016
• Fibrinogen Concentrate and Tranexamic Acid for Postpartum Hemorrhage: To give or not to give? 
  San Francisco - 1/1/2016
• High Risk Ob Anesthesia Clinics 
  San Francisco - 1/1/2016
• New Anticoagulants in Obstetric Practice 
  San Francisco - 1/1/2016
• Trial of labor versus primary cesarean delivery in women with superobesity. 
  Boston - 1/1/2016
• Effect of low rate vs. high rate oxytocin maintenance infusions on blood loss during elective cesarean section. 
  Boston - 1/1/2016
• Use of Point-of-Care Testing: SOAP Presidents Panel (Blood Management in Obstetrics) 
  Chicago - 1/1/2016
• Anesthesia and Analgesia for Labor and Delivery 
  1/1/2016
• Obesity and Postpartum Hemorrhage 
  1/1/2016
• Massive hemorrhage: Placenta Accreta 
  Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston - 1/1/2015
• Management of Obstetrical Hemorrhage 
  1/1/2015
• Postpartum Hemorrhage: Problem Based Learning Session 
  San Francisco - 1/1/2015
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Other

• Maternal Body Mass Index and Use of Labor Neuraxial Analgesia: A Population-based Retrospective Cohort Study 
  A. Butwick, Stanford Scope
  http://scopeblog.stanford.edu/2018/06/26/epidurals-increase-in-popularity-stanford-study-finds/
  1/1/2018
• Profile on obstetric hemorrhage. 
  A. Butwick, Department of Anesthesia Quarterly Newsletter, Stanford University School of Medicine
  1/1/2014
• Chorioamnionitis and antenatal steroid therapy: single vs. repeat course? 
  K. Brookfield, L. Chao, V. Berger, M. Naqvi, Y. El-Sayed, A. Butwick, Ob.Gyn.News; Independent Newspaper for Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Vol 49; No.5
  1/1/2014
• Syllabus for Conference Proceedings (including Lecture Objectives, Table of Contents, Methodology for Article Selection) for the Gerard W. Ostheimer Lecture: 'What's n... 
  A. Butwick, Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology
  1/1/2011
• Dose Finding Study for Oxytocin in Patients Undergoing Elective Cesarean Delivery 
  A. Butwick, Clinical Conference Coverage, Web Presentation, ASA
  http://ane.clinicalconferencecoverage.com/asa_101809.c3
  1/1/2009
• Problem Based Learning Discussion - written educational supplement: Acute Uterine Inversion with Massive Obstetric Hemorrhage treated with Recombinant Factor VIIa 
  A. Butwick, American Society of Anesthesiologists
  San Francisco - 1/1/2007
• Commentary Article for the Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology Summer Newsletter 2014 
  A. Butwick, M. Tiouririne, Obstetric Anesthesia Clinics
• Prevalence of depression among women of childbearing years. 
  A. Butwick, U.S. News
  https://health.usnews.com/health-care/articles/2018-03-12/1-in-20-younger-women-suffers-major-depression
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