Thoracic epidural anaesthesia and primary pulmonary hypertension.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Patients with primary pulmonary hypertension occasionally present for surgery. Anaesthesia requires continuous cardiovascular monitoring and maintenance of stable pulmonary and systemic haemodynamics. The management of a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension, undergoing open lung biopsy under a combination of general anaesthesia and thoracic epidural analgesia is reported and the problems of primary pulmonary hypertension are discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Lung