ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A QUADRIPLEGIC PATIENT WITH SEVERE RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY UNDERGOING CESAREAN-SECTION

Authors
AHMED AB BOGOD DG
Citation
Ab. Ahmed et Dg. Bogod, ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT OF A QUADRIPLEGIC PATIENT WITH SEVERE RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY UNDERGOING CESAREAN-SECTION, Anaesthesia, 51(11), 1996, pp. 1043-1045
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
51
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1043 - 1045
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1996)51:11<1043:AMOAQP>2.0.ZU;2-7
Abstract
The anaesthetic management of a 30-year-old pregnant quadriplegic pati ent with severe respiratory insufficiency undergoing Caesarean section is described. Quadriplegia and respiratory insufficiency pose potenti al problems for anaesthetists and these are discussed. In particular a utonomic hyperreflexia may occur and this may be mistaken for pre-ecla mpsia.