Anaesthetic management of a woman with autosomal recessive limb-girdle muscular dystrophy for emergency caesarean section.

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
• Journal: International journal of obstetric anesthesia (Int J Obstet Anesth) Vol. 16 Issue 4 Pg. 370-4 (Oct 2007) ISSN: 0959-289X [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 17643284 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Anesthetics, Combined

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