Epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with extreme cardiovascular and respiratory disease.
Nigerian journal of medicine : journal of the National Association of Resident Doctors of Nigeria(2003)
Abstract
A 24-year old booked primigravida, with rheumatic heart disease in heart failure and lobar pneumonia presented in active labour. She was stabilized and prepared for an emergency Caesarean section that was successfully managed with Epidural Anaesthesia. She was admitted into the intensive care unit where the pneumonia and heart failure were managed by the physicians. The importance of proper follow up and treatment and, the need to perform more epidural techniques to meet the ever increasing challenges to the Anaesthetist are highlighted.
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epidural anaesthesia,caesarean section
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