Meningitis after combined spinal-extradural anaesthesia in obstetrics
| Autor: | R.E. Collis, B.M. Morgan, S. A. Harding |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Anesthesia Epidural medicine.medical_specialty Anesthesia Spinal Meningitis Bacterial Central nervous system disease Diagnosis Differential Pregnancy Antibiotic therapy medicine Combined Modality Therapy Anesthesia Obstetrical Humans Meningitis Aseptic business.industry Headache Spinal anesthesia medicine.disease Surgery Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine Anesthesia Female Aseptic processing Differential diagnosis Complication business Meningitis |
| Zdroj: | British Journal of Anaesthesia. 74:352 |
| ISSN: | 0007-0912 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/bja/74.3.352 |
| Popis: | We report two cases of meningitis which developed after combined spinal-extradural procedures for obstetric analgesia. The first case was thought to be caused by aseptic or chemical meningitis and the second was a case of bacterial meningitis in a patient who also received an extradural blood patch. It is important that meningitis is considered as a differential diagnosis in patients who present with headache after spinal anaesthesia and that antibiotic therapy is selected to cover unusual organisms. |
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