Successful epidural anesthesia for cesarean delivery in a woman with Fontan repair

The cohort of the adult population with congenital heart disease is steadily growing, as surgical and medical management advances; and many women with congenital heart disease are becoming pregnant and presenting to the labor and delivery suite [1]. The anesthesiologist must therefore have an understanding of the physiology of the corrected heart lesion and the impact of the physiologic changes of pregnancy [2]. A woman status post-Fontan procedure requiring cesarean delivery is presented..

Medienart:

Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2015

Erschienen:

2015

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:27

Enthalten in:

Journal of clinical anesthesia - 27(2015), 1, Seite 60-62

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mathney, Edward [VerfasserIn]
Beilin, Yaakov [Sonstige Person]

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BKL:

44.00

Themen:

Anatomy & physiology
Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Epidural - methods
Anesthesia, Obstetrical - methods
Cardiac arrhythmia
Catheters
Cesarean Section - methods
Cesarean delivery
Fontan
Heart
Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery
Nitric oxide
Parturient
Physiology
Pregnancy
Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular - physiopathology
Pulmonary arteries

doi:

10.1016/j.jclinane.2014.08.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

OLC1958095699