| Abstract | We report the successful management of a 28-year-old parturient with an autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy with severe restrictive lung disease, who required non-invasive positive pressure ventilation in the third trimester of her pregnancy. At 37 weeks' gestation she had combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section and had an uncomplicated intra- and postoperative course. The anaesthetic management is discussed and the literature briefly reviewed. |
| Authors | T Allen, S Maguire
(Affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, South Manchester University Hospital, Manchester, UK. ticka98 at btinternet.com)
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| Journal | International journal of obstetric anesthesia
(Int J Obstet Anesth)
Vol. 16
Issue 4
Pg. 370-4
(Oct 2007)
ISSN: 0959-289X Netherlands |
| PMID | 17643284
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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| Topics |
- Adult
- Anesthesia, Epidural
(methods)
- Anesthesia, Obstetrical
(methods)
- Anesthesia, Spinal
(methods)
- Anesthetics, Combined
(therapeutic use)
- Cesarean Section
- Emergency Treatment
- Female
- Genes, Recessive
- Humans
- Lung Diseases
(complications, therapy)
- Muscular Dystrophies, Limb-Girdle
(complications, genetics)
- Positive-Pressure Respiration
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy Complications
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