Anesthesia for the parturient with pseudoxanthoma elasticum.

abstract：BACKGROUND:A national survey of current practice and preferred drug choices for both induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia for caesarean section was undertaken. METHODS:Following approval by the Obstetric Anaesthetists' Association, all UK consultant members were invited to respond to an electronic survey. ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Murdoch H,Scrutton M,Laxton CH

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the following case there was delay in diagnosing uterine rupture in a patient with an epidural in situ. The danger of using large doses of local anaesthetics and opioids epidurally in patients who have had previous caesarean sections is discussed. ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： McBeth C

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis affects 1 in 1600-2500 live births and is inherited in an autosomal recessive manner. It primarily involves the respiratory, gastrointestinal and reproductive tracts, with impaired clearance of, and obstruction by, increasingly viscous secretions. Severe respiratory disease, diabetes and gastro-oesopha...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Deighan M,Ash S,McMorrow R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 30-year-old woman was admitted to the labour ward at term complaining of symptoms suggestive of raised intracranial pressure which were overlooked. Epidural analgesia was administered following induction of labour and was associated with a clear exacerbation of symptoms. After delivery a CT scan revealed a large cer...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Wakeling HG,Barry PC

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two cases in which anesthesia was needed for the reduction of uterine incarceration. The first case was managed with a combined spinal/epidural technique and the second with a single intrathecal injection of opioid and low dose local anesthetic. The anesthetic issues pertinent to the reduction of an incarce...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Algra LJ,Fogel ST,Norris MC

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:Neurofibromatosis type 2 is an extremely rare form of neurofibromatosis characterized by central nervous system involvement with bilateral vestibular schwannomas and spinal tumors. Anesthetic management of a parturient with neurofibromatosis type 2 has not been fully reported, and the condition is challenging to obste...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Sakai T,Vallejo MC,Shannon KT

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of obesity in pregnancy has increased rapidly in the last decade. Obesity is a risk factor for venous thromboembolism outside of pregnancy and previous studies of maternal death in the UK have identified obesity as a risk factor in pregnancy. As a result the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologi...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Morgan ES,Wilson E,Watkins T,Gao F,Hunt BJ

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the successful management of labor and delivery of a parturient with a history of spontaneous bilateral vertebral artery dissection. We also outline the reasons why the obstetric anesthetist should be aware of this condition as well as other cranio-cervical dissections. ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： O'Rourke N,Wollman L,Camann W

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A parturient who was 35 weeks' pregnant by her husband who was known to be susceptible to malignant hyperthermia, required anaesthesia for caesarean section for bleeding placenta praevia. The patient was considered to be haemodynamically stable and the procedure was carried out uneventfully under subarachnoid block. A...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Nanson JK,Sheikh A

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluates evidence for seven risk factors associated with failed conversion of labor epidural analgesia to cesarean delivery anesthesia. METHODS:Online scientific literature databases were searched using a strategy which identified observational trials, published bet...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Bauer ME,Kountanis JA,Tsen LC,Greenfield ML,Mhyre JM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The haemodynamic effects of oxytocin receive scant attention in pharmacology texts, but may be clinically significant in vulnerable patients. Despite prescriber information recommending a dose of 5 international units by slow i.v. injection, it is the authors' experience that it is very common practice in the UK to gi...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Pinder AJ,Dresner M,Calow C,Shorten GD,O'Riordan J,Johnson R

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 34-year-old multiparous woman with a breech presentation, intrauterine growth restriction and premature rupture of membranes was transferred to our referral unit at 33 weeks of gestation. She was diagnosed with Alagille syndrome soon after birth because of cholestasis and pruritus. Her condition was later complicate...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Rahmoune FC,Bruyère M,Tecsy M,Benhamou D

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morquio syndrome, a congenital mucopolysaccharidosis, presents several challenges for the provision of effective labor analgesia. We report the case of a woman admitted for induction of labor who received an early epidural and subsequently required cesarean delivery. Optimal bilateral labor analgesia was not achieved ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Delgado C,Kent C,Sedensky M,Ciliberto C,Landau R

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Congenital complete heart block is a rare phenomenon that may be discovered during pregnancy in patients who were previously asymptomatic. Peripartum management of these patients mandates a multidisciplinary approach with careful planning regarding indications for pacing, appropriate anesthetic technique, and continge...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Preston D,Klucsarits S,Moon T,Nasir D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

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：:Pre-existing epidural analgesia was rapidly extended in 36 consecutive patients presenting for emergency caesarean section by using 20 ml of 2% lignocaine + 1/200,000 adrenaline freshly prepared given by slow bolus injection. Despite a wide range of initial analgesic sensory levels the technique produced blocks that w...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Price ML,Reynolds F,Morgan BM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a parturient with documented chronic Chagas' disease with cardiac manifestations presenting for labor management and complicated by the need for emergent hysterectomy after delivery. Chagas' disease is a common human hematogenous trypanosomiasis in Central and South America which is now, because of...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Martin HB,Wills J

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracranial subdural hematoma is an exceptionally rare but life-threatening complication of spinal anesthesia. We report a case of intracranial subdural hematoma following spinal anesthesia for cesarean section in a 27-year-old woman. She developed a diffuse headache after surgery with a blood pressure of 220/140 mm ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Yildirim GB,Colakoglu S,Atakan TY,Büyükkirli H

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A nation-wide survey of pain relief in childbirth in Hungary was carried out in 1993. Information was provided on 104 137 deliveries in 98 units. The frequencies of different methods of pain relief for vaginal delivery were as follows: systemic opiates in 7387 cases (8.3%), epidural analgesia in 4611 cases (5.2%) and ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Beke A,Takács G,Sziller I,Fedák L,Papp Z

更新日期：1997-10-01 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：:We describe an uncommon cause of cardiogenic shock following cesarean delivery in a 24-year-old multiparous woman at 26 weeks of gestation. Hemodynamic instability was erroneously attributed to amniotic infection syndrome and sepsis, which resulted in delayed diagnosis and treatment of tuberculous constrictive pericar...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Brendt P,Herbstreit F,Peters J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung disease may originate in pregnancy because of the pregnancy itself or because of an intercurrent etiology. The purpose of this study was to describe the effect of prolonged antepartum mechanical ventilatory support on the mother and the neonate when the strategy was to prolong the pregnancy rather than deli...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Grisaru-Granovsky S,Ioscovich A,Hersch M,Schimmel M,Elstein D,Samueloff A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pressor response is known to be exaggerated in patients with pregnancy-induced hypertension, which can result in increased morbidity and mortality in both mother and newborn. Various pharmacological agents have been used before induction in an attempt to attenuate the adrenergic response but with varying degree of...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Bansal S,Pawar M

更新日期：2002-01-01 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：:The interaction between mivacurium and magnesium sulphate was investigated in a group of parturients undergoing caesarean section under general anaesthesia. Thirty parturients were studied; 10 normotensive controls (group NT), 10 hypertensive controls (group HT) and 10 hypertensives who received magnesium sulphate (gr...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Hodgson RE,Rout CC,Rocke DA,Louw NJ

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rupture of an aneurysm of the renal or splenic arteries remains a rare but catastrophic complication of pregnancy with a generally dismal prognosis for both mother and fetus. Improvements in abdominal imaging for incidental conditions are unlikely to lead to earlier diagnosis of such abnormalities antenatally, hence c...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Popham P,Buettner A

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paracetamol is the most frequently used analgesic during pregnancy and the most common drug involved in suicidal overdose in the UK. Manifestation of toxicity classically occurs over four phases with clinical and laboratory features resembling HELLP (haemolysis, elevated liver enzymes, low platelets) syndrome. We repo...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Mills AT,Davidson ME,Young P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A structured approach to hemorrhagic emergencies in obstetrics has gained popularity with the implementation of massive hemorrhage protocols. The trauma literature suggests that routine quality reviews should be in place to improve patient outcomes. The aim of this study was to develop quality indicators and...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Margarido C,Ferns J,Chin V,Ribeiro T,Nascimento B,Barrett J,Herer E,Halpern S,Andrews L,Ballatyne G,Chapmam M,Gomes J,Callum J

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of akathisia developed after administration of 2.5 mg metoclopramide for treatment of nausea during cesarean section. The relevant literature as well as options for prevention and treatment of this phenomenon are reviewed. ...

journal_title：International journal of obstetric anesthesia

authors： Cohen Y,Glantz L,Ezri T,Geva D

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00