Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2758296 | International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia | 2010 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
Idiopathic acute transverse myelitis is a rare focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord causing motor, sensory and autonomic dysfunction. We report the successful use of general anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with this disease. Potential anaesthetic concerns include autonomic dysreflexia and hyperkalaemia following the use of suxamethonium. Further complicating issues with this patient included psychotic depression and new-onset neuropathic pain on a background of chronic pain symptoms.
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Authors
P. Walsh, C. Grange, N. Beale,