SPINAL-ANESTHESIA IN A PATIENT WITH TAKAYASUS DISEASE

Authors
HAMPL KF SCHNEIDER MC SKARVAN K BITZER J GRABER J
Citation
Kf. Hampl et al., SPINAL-ANESTHESIA IN A PATIENT WITH TAKAYASUS DISEASE, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 72(1), 1994, pp. 129-132
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
72
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
129 - 132
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1994)72:1<129:SIAPWT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We report the successful anaesthetic management of therapeutic abortio n under spinal anaesthesia in a 32-yr-old woman with Takayasu's diseas e. The pathology and pathophysiology of this syndrome and their impact on anaesthesia are discussed.