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Low-dose spinal anaesthesia for a parturient with Takayasu's arteritis undergoing emergency caesarean section.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20658099     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Takayasu's arteritis is a rare form of nonspecific obliterative panarteritis of unknown aetiology. Anaesthesia for patients with Takayasu's arteritis is complicated by severe uncontrolled hypertension leading to end-organ dysfunction, stenosis of major blood vessels affecting regional circulation, and difficulties in the monitoring of arterial blood pressure. The anaesthetic approach for parturients with Takayasu's arteritis has not been standardised in the literature, and previous reports have documented the use of general as well as regional anaesthesia. There are few instances in the literature where low-dose spinal anaesthesia alone is used in patients with Takayasu's arteritis undergoing emergency caesarean section. We present a case of the successful management of a parturient with Takayasu's arteritis, who underwent an emergency caesarean section under low-dose spinal anaesthesia.
Authors:
B Dutta; R Pandey; V Darlong; R Garg
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Singapore medical journal     Volume:  51     ISSN:  0037-5675     ISO Abbreviation:  Singapore Med J     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-07-26     Completed Date:  2011-02-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0404516     Medline TA:  Singapore Med J     Country:  Singapore    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  e111-3     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi, India.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Anesthesia, Obstetrical / methods
Anesthesia, Spinal / methods*
Blood Pressure
Cesarean Section / methods
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / physiopathology
Takayasu Arteritis / complications*,  physiopathology
Treatment Outcome

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