Epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension.
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Abstract
The case of a parturient previously operated on for transposition of the great arteries is reported. On account of Eisenmenger's syndrome with high pulmonary vascular pressures, she was admitted to hospital with hemoptysis in the 27th week of gestation. At the end of the 34th week the child was delivered by elective cesarean section under epidural block. Bupivacaine 0.75% was administered as local anesthetic, and small incremental doses of local anesthetic proved capable of maintaining hemodynamic stability for the duration of the operative procedure.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, Obstetrical
- Cesarean Section
- Hypertension, Pulmonary
- Pregnancy Complications