Anaesthesia for LSCS in a morbidly obese patient

Anaesth Intensive Care. 1999 Apr;27(2):216-9. doi: 10.1177/0310057X9902700218.

Abstract

The management of a morbidly obese parturient with a body mass index of 88 is reported. She developed asthma during the pregnancy. Lumbar epidural anaesthesia was successfully used for an elective caesarean section and tubal ligation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesia, Epidural / methods*
  • Anesthesia, Obstetrical / methods*
  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Asthma / complications
  • Body Mass Index
  • Cesarean Section*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lidocaine
  • Obesity, Morbid* / complications
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications*
  • Sterilization, Tubal

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Local
  • Lidocaine