Spinal anaesthesia in a patient with Takayasu's disease

K F Hampl; M C Schneider; K Skarvan; J Bitzer; J Graber

doi:10.1093/bja/72.1.129

Spinal anaesthesia in a patient with Takayasu's disease

Br J Anaesth. 1994 Jan;72(1):129-32. doi: 10.1093/bja/72.1.129.

Authors

K F Hampl¹, M C Schneider, K Skarvan, J Bitzer, J Graber

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anaesthesia, University of Basel/Kantonsspital, Switzerland.

PMID: 7906534
DOI: 10.1093/bja/72.1.129

Abstract

We report the successful anaesthetic management of therapeutic abortion under spinal anaesthesia in a 32-yr-old woman with Takayasu's disease. The pathology and pathophysiology of this syndrome and their impact on anaesthesia are discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abortion, Therapeutic*
Adult
Anesthesia, Obstetrical*
Anesthesia, Spinal*
Female
Humans
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / physiopathology*
Takayasu Arteritis / physiopathology*