Cesarean Section in Patient with Uncorrected Tetralogy of Fallot in Epidural Anaesthesia
Authors:
R. Gál; I. Čundrle; I. Zimová; J. Hrubá
Authors‘ workplace:
ARO, FN Brno-Bohunice, přednosta doc. MUDr. Ivan Čundrle, CSc.
Published in:
Anest. intenziv. Med., , 2000, č. 4, s. 144-145
Category:
Overview
We report an anaesthesia management a patient without surgical correction a tetralogy of Fallot scheduled for cesarean section. The patient wasseverely cyanotic with high pulmonary hypertension. During epidural anaesthesia we had not record any significant complication. This casedemonstrate usefulness of regional anaesthesia techniques for cesarean section in spite of cardiac risk patient.
Key words:
sectio cesarea – cardiac risk patient – regional anaesthesia
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