“…Early antepartum anesthesiology referral of high-risk parturients is essential to multidisciplinary delivery and postpartum care planning [3,4]. The proportion of pregnant women with high-risk comorbidities has been increasing over the past decade; these conditions include chronic hypertension, pregestational or gestational diabetes mellitus, chronic cardiovascular disease, pulmonary hypertension, chronic lung disease, adult congenital cardiac repair, human immunodeficiency virus, preeclampsia, obesity, multiple gestation, and advanced maternal age [5][6][7][8].…”