Anesthetic management during labor and delivery of a multiparous patient terminally ill with metastatic breast cancer.

Autor: Mouzi L; From the Department of Anesthesia, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas., Ashutosh W
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: A & A case reports [A A Case Rep] 2014 Feb 15; Vol. 2 (4), pp. 48-9.
DOI: 10.1097/ACC.0b013e3182a999fa
Abstrakt: Multiple ethical issues arise when caring for a terminally ill patient who is also pregnant. We present the management of labor and delivery of a 35-year-old multiparous patient with stage 4 metastatic breast cancer. The ethical challenges in treating a mother and fetus when a terminal illness complicates pregnancy is also included.
Databáze: MEDLINE