Journal article
Anesthesia for cesarean section in a patient with paraplegia resulting from tumour metastases to spinal cord
Abstract
Purpose: Spinal cord injured patients present multiple unique challenges to the anesthesiologist. These include choice of muscle relaxant and management of autonomic hyperreflexia. We report the anesthetic management for Cesarean delivery in a patient who was paraplegic due to spinal canal metastases. Preeclampsia and fever complicated this case.Clinical features: The patient presented at 29 wk gestation with progressive paraplegia at the T10 …
Authors
Jones BP; Milliken BC; Penning DH
Journal
Journal canadien d'anesthésie, Vol. 47, No. 11, pp. 1122–1128
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
11 2000
DOI
10.1007/bf03027967
ISSN
0832-610X