Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery in a parturient with babesiosis and Lyme disease

Anaesthesia. 2012 Feb;67(2):180-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.2011.06941.x.

Abstract

We present a case of a parturient with babesiosis and Lyme disease who was scheduled for elective caesarean section. The caesarean section was performed under spinal anaesthesia, and the patient had a coronary artery dissection 4 days postoperatively. Neuraxial anaesthesia and possible mechanisms for the coronary artery dissection in a patient with babesiosis and Lyme disease are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesia, Obstetrical / methods*
  • Anesthesia, Spinal / methods*
  • Babesia
  • Babesiosis / complications*
  • Babesiosis / parasitology
  • Borrelia burgdorferi
  • Cesarean Section / methods*
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Coronary Artery Disease / complications
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fatigue / etiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lyme Disease / complications*
  • Lyme Disease / parasitology
  • Postoperative Complications / etiology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / etiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications, Parasitic / parasitology