Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report

The use of sub-arachnoid block in a restless eclamptic is not very common. Studies have demonstrated some benefits of sub-arachnoid block over general anaesthesia in stable eclamptic but its role in the management of unstable eclampsia has not been established. Reported below is an eclamptic parturi...

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Autores principales: Afolayan, Jide Michael, Olofinbiyi, Babatunde Ajayi, Ipinnimo, Oluwadare Martins
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458306/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26090059
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.111.5012
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author Afolayan, Jide Michael
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description The use of sub-arachnoid block in a restless eclamptic is not very common. Studies have demonstrated some benefits of sub-arachnoid block over general anaesthesia in stable eclamptic but its role in the management of unstable eclampsia has not been established. Reported below is an eclamptic parturient who was restless despite magnesium sulphate regimen and possesed features suggestive of difficult airway who had uneventful subarachnoid- block for caesarean section.
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spelling pubmed-44583062015-06-18 Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report Afolayan, Jide Michael Olofinbiyi, Babatunde Ajayi Ipinnimo, Oluwadare Martins Pan Afr Med J Case Report The use of sub-arachnoid block in a restless eclamptic is not very common. Studies have demonstrated some benefits of sub-arachnoid block over general anaesthesia in stable eclamptic but its role in the management of unstable eclampsia has not been established. Reported below is an eclamptic parturient who was restless despite magnesium sulphate regimen and possesed features suggestive of difficult airway who had uneventful subarachnoid- block for caesarean section. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2015-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4458306/ /pubmed/26090059 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.111.5012 Text en © Jide Michael Afolayan et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report
title Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report
title_full Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report
title_fullStr Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report
title_full_unstemmed Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report
title_short Spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report
title_sort spinal anaesthesia in a restless eclamptic with undiagnosed second twin: case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4458306/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2015.20.111.5012
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