Cardiorespiratory arrest following combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section.

Myint, Y; Bailey, P W; Milne, B R · Anaesthesia · 1993

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

A 31-year-old woman had an elective Caesarean section under combined spinal/epidural anaesthesia. At the end of the operation, diamorphine 2.5 mg in 5 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine plain was injected through the epidural catheter. Forty minutes after this, the patient had a cardiorespiratory arrest in an ordinary postnatal ward.

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