Unusual Complication Following Spinal Anesthesia for Caesarean Section
| Autor: | A. Serwaa Hemeng, Akwasi Antwi-Kusi, W. Sam Awortwi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Resuscitation Nausea business.industry medicine.medical_treatment Spinal anesthesia nervous system diseases Surgery body regions medicine.anatomical_structure Total spinal Anesthesia medicine Vomiting Caesarean section cardiovascular diseases medicine.symptom Subarachnoid space business Complication |
| Zdroj: | Open Journal of Anesthesiology. :275-277 |
| ISSN: | 2164-5558 2164-5531 |
| Popis: | Spinal anesthesia involves the introduction of local anesthetics into the subarachnoid space leading to the loss of sensation of pain. Common complications following spinal anesthesia include hypotension leading to nausea and vomiting, failure of the spinal and post dural puncture. Other uncommon complications include high and total spinal and spinal haematoma. In this report the patient experienced uncontrollable jerking of the lower limbs, hypertension, arrhythmias and cardiac arrest refractory to resuscitation. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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