Epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with Devic's Syndrome

B Gunaydin; D Akcali; M Alkan

Epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with Devic's Syndrome

Anaesthesia. 2001 Jun;56(6):565-7.

Authors

B Gunaydin¹, D Akcali, M Alkan

Affiliation

¹ Assistant Professor, and Resident, Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey. gunaydin@med.gazi.edu.tr

PMID: 11412164

Abstract

The anaesthetic management of a 29-year-old paraplegic woman suffering from Devic's Syndrome scheduled to undergo Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia is presented. The case is discussed with particular reference to the risk of autonomic hyperreflexia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anesthesia, Epidural / methods*
Anesthesia, Obstetrical / methods*
Autonomic Dysreflexia / etiology
Cesarean Section*
Female
Humans
Myelitis, Transverse / complications
Neuromyelitis Optica / complications*
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications*