Intrapartum management of a patient with urticaria pigmentosa.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Most pregnant women who self-report penicillin allergy are not truly penicillin-allergic and this misunderstanding often leads to administration of inappropriate antibiotic therapy. Decision algorithms have been developed to guide antibiotic selection but major discrepancies have been reported between guidel...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Thellier C,Subtil D,Pelletier de Chambure D,Grandbastien B,Catteau C,Beaugendre A,Poitrenaud D,Prevotat A,Richart P,Faure K,Le Guern R

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We prospectively studied 30 women in labour who requested epidural analgesia. They were randomly allocated into two groups; one received a preload of 7 mL/kg normal saline and the other no preload. All patients had a standard epidural solution consisting of 0.1% bupivacaine 20 mL containing fentanyl 2 microg/mL. Mean ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Hawthorne L,Slaymaker A,Bamber J,Dresner M

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is described of a 30-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic woman who presented at 25 weeks gestation with frontal headache. Contrast tomography revealed an aneurysm of the middle cerebral artery with no evidence of subarachnoid bleeding. Although elective caesarean section at term was planned, it was performed at...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Gupta A,Hesselvik F,Eriksson L,Wyon N

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haemorrhage is a common complication of childbirth with 0.65% of deliveries associated with significant (>1500 mL) peripartum blood loss. Hypofibrinogenaemia secondary to dilutional and consumptive coagulopathies can be challenging to correct quickly with conventional blood and plasma therapy. Fibrinogen concentrate o...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Bell SF,Rayment R,Collins PW,Collis RE

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:China has one of the highest rates of caesarean delivery in the world. The aim of this study was to investigate the incidence and risk factors for chronic pain after caesarean delivery in a Chinese cohort. METHODS:Patients undergoing elective caesarean delivery with a Pfannenstiel incision under spinal anae...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Wang LZ,Wei CN,Xiao F,Chang XY,Zhang YF

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water intoxication during pregnancy is an uncommon event, usually associated with iatrogenic fluid overload, the prolonged administration of high doses of oxytocin or psychiatric disorder. This case report describes water intoxication presenting as the sudden onset of grand mal convulsions in the immediate postpartum ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Paech MJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical hyperthyroidism is found in approximately 5% of women with a hydatidiform mole, as human chorionic gonadotropin secreted by molar tissue is structurally similar to thyroid-stimulating hormone. A hydatidiform mole occasionally presents with a co-existing viable fetus. Surgical evacuation may be indicated for s...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Erturk E,Bostan H,Geze S,Saracoglu S,Erciyes N,Eroglu A

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 70 kg, 34-year-old woman at 29 weeks-of-gestation required intrauterine transfusion for Rh (D) alloimmunization. In the ambulatory treatment clinic, 19 mg of rocuronium was administered intramuscularly in split doses into the fetal buttock. The fetus moved and inadvertent maternal neuromuscular blockade occurred, le...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Munro A,McKeen D,Coolen J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current pain and analgesic management strategies apply a standardized one-size-fits-all approach to women undergoing cesarean delivery. These standardized protocols do not account for significant variability in women's pain and may lead to under-treatment in patients with high analgesic needs and overtreatment, associ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Carvalho B,Habib AS

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There are limited data about spinal dosing for cesarean delivery in preterm parturients. We investigated the hypothesis that preterm gestation is associated with an increased incidence of inadequate spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery compared with term gestation. METHODS:We searched our perioperative d...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Adesope OA,Einhorn LM,Olufolabi AJ,Cooter M,Habib AS

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present our experience in the anesthetic management of two parturients with pseudoxanthoma elasticum. The first had an epidural catheter inserted for labor analgesia and ultimately had a forceps delivery. The second had a cesarean section under epidural anesthesia and had a complicated postoperative course. There w...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Douglas MJ,Gunka VB,von Dadelszen P

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a case of presumed amniotic fluid embolism in a 33-year-old parturient at 30 weeks of gestation, which occurred just before she was due to receive spinal anaesthesia for urgent caesarean section. While sitting, the woman suddenly lost consciousness, started having convulsions and finally suffered cardioresp...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Kumar V,Khatwani M,Aneja S,Kapur KK

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The combined spinal-epidural technique for labor analgesia has several advantages over the traditional epidural technique, including faster onset, greater maternal satisfaction, and decreased need for physician boluses. Proponents of the epidural technique criticize the combined spinal-epidural technique, ar...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Groden J,Gonzalez-Fiol A,Aaronson J,Sachs A,Smiley R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The administration of intravenous dantrolene in a parturient susceptible to malignant hyperthermia has been associated with post partum uterine atony. We examined the effect of dantrolene sodium for injection (Dantrium Intravenous) on spontaneous contractility of uterine smooth muscle from women in term pregnancy in a...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Shin YK,Kim YD,Collea JV,Belcher MD

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mothers receiving combined spinal-epidural (CSE) anaesthesia for elective caesarean section (n = 188) were audited. A single dose of epidural diamorphine (2-3 mg) was given during surgery. Unless contraindicated, diclofenac 100 mg was given per rectum at the end of surgery. Postoperative analgesia was provided as oral...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Bloor GK,Sinden M,McGregor R

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:After accidental dural puncture in labour it is suggested that inserting an intrathecal catheter and converting to spinal analgesia reduces postdural puncture headache and epidural blood patch rates. This treatment has never been tested in a controlled manner. METHODS:Thirty-four hospitals were randomised t...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Russell IF

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Velocardiofacial or 22q11 deletion syndrome is a genetic condition caused by deletion 22q11, the deletion of a small segment of the long arm of chromosome 22. To our knowledge this is the first case report of a woman with Velocardiofacial syndrome presenting in late pregnancy for caesarean delivery. She had undergone ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Cohen V,Powell E,Lake C

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies using low-dose spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery have focused on hypotension and efficacy. This study evaluated whether, using a combined spinal-epidural technique, there was a difference in onset of anesthesia for cesarean delivery between low-dose spinal with an immediate epidural lo...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Wang LZ,Zhang YF,Hu XX,Chang XY

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to describe the current obstetric anaesthetic practices in Austria by performing a comprehensive questionnaire survey. METHODS:A questionnaire was sent via email to key anaesthesiologists from obstetric anaesthesia departments of 81 hospitals registered at the Austrian Ministry of ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Oji-Zurmeyer J,Ortner CM,Klein KU,Gries M,Kühn C,Schroffenegger T,Putz G,Jochberger S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores which concentrations of local anesthetics might be expected to inhibit the growth of Staphylococcus aureus. Serial dilutions were made of 0.5% and 0.75% bupivacaine, 2% and 5% lidocaine, 2% and 3% chloroprocaine, and 0.2% and 1% ropivacaine. To each concentration of local anesthetic solution, Muell...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Goodman EJ,Jacobs MR,Bajaksouzian S,Windau AR,Dagirmanjian JP

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and regurgitation were investigated with an oesophageal pH electrode, inserted after the induction of general anaesthesia with methohexitone, in 100 patients undergoing termination of pregnancy, 50 in the first trimester and 50 in the second. GOR occurred in 17 patients, 8 in the first ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Vanner RG

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of severe respiratory depression in the obstetric population are presented. The first occurred after intrathecal injection of a modest dose (50 mg) of meperidine. The second followed intrathecal administration of 10 microg of sufentanil after intravenous fentanyl. These cases illustrate the potential gravity...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Jaffee JB,Drease GE,Kelly T,Newman LM

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinically overt infections of the epidural catheter skin entry site occur in approximately 1-5% of patients after a few days of catheterization but serious complications such as deep tissue infection or epidural abscess appear rare in the obstetric population. In recent years, sporadic reports and small ser...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Green LK,Paech MJ

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Between 10-22% of the general population experience needle phobia. Needle phobic parturients are at increased risk of adverse outcomes. We assessed the efficacy of topical Ametop™ (tetracaine 4%) gel in reducing the pain associated with local anesthetic skin infiltration before neuraxial block in non-laborin...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Kavanagh T,Dube A,Albert A,Gunka V

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary atresia witha ventricular septal defect and major aortopulmonary collateral arteries is an extremely rare congenital disorder characterized by a high risk of maternal mortality. We present the case of a 24-year-old primigravid woman with uncorrected pulmonary atresia, ventricular septal defect and major aort...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Gang SP,Fang KY,Ma Y,Zhang FX,Xiang DK,Liu XL,Wang RP,Chen DD,Ma XW

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kartagener's syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by a triad of symptoms: bronchiectasis, situs inversus and sinusitis resulting from defective cilial motility. There are few reports in the literature regarding the optimum anesthetic technique in patients with Kartagener's syndrome. The main anesthetic consi...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Gávai M,Hupuczi P,Berkes E,Beke A,Hruby E,Murber A,Urbancsek J,Papp Z

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past two decades has seen a growing understanding that health care leads to harm in a large number of patients. With this insight has come an understanding that clinicians who care for patients who are harmed experience an understandable and predictable emotional response. After an adverse event, medical care give...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Pratt SD,Jachna BR

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to estimate how long a medication can remain prepared before the integrity or concentration of the drug is compromised, we assessed the sterility and potency of medications commonly used in our obstetric anesthesia practice. Our goal was to evaluate the following drugs over a 30-day period: epinephrine, atrop...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Wagner DS,Naughton NN,Pierson C,Michel T

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HELLP (hemolysis, elevated liver enzymes and low platelets) syndrome is an obstetric complication with heterogeneous presentation, multisystem involvement and variable prognosis, but which usually resolves after delivery. We report a case of HELLP syndrome with subcapsular hematoma of the liver causing extrapericardia...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Kinthala S,Fakoory M,Greaves T,Kandamaran L,Thomas H,Moe S

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Standard textbooks advocate epidural rather than spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in severe preeclampsia. The basis for this recommendation is the theoretical risk of severe hypotension but no published scientific studies have been identified to support this assertion. We therefore designed a prospective study...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Sharwood-Smith G,Clark V,Watson E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00