Severe bronchospasm during epidural anaesthesia.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A case of severe bronchospasm occurring during epidural anaesthesia in a patient undergoing Caesarean section is described. The aetiology of the bronchospasm may have been related to sympathetic nervous blockade allowing unopposed parasympathetically mediated bronchoconstriction.
Medical subject headings
- Anesthesia, Epidural
- Anesthesia, Obstetrical
- Bronchial Spasm
- Cesarean Section