Cardiac arrest in an obstetric patient using remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
This case report describes the management of a patient, diagnosed with an intrauterine death at 31 weeks' gestation, who suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest during her induced labour while using a remifentanil PCA. She made a full recovery from resuscitation which included a peri-mortem caesarean section.
Medical subject headings
- Analgesia, Obstetrical
- Analgesia, Patient-Controlled
- Analgesics, Opioid
- Heart Arrest
- Labor, Induced
- Piperidines