Anaesthetic management of a woman who became paraplegic at 22 weeks' gestation after a spontaneous spinal cord haemorrhage secondary to a presumed arteriovenous malformation

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 976-978

  Eldridge, A J ^a   Kipling, M ^a   Watt Smith, J ^a  

^a QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, obstetric; Anaesthetic techniques, epidural; Anaesthetic techniques, subarachnoid; Complications, arteriovenous malformation; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA; ARTERIOVENOUS MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; BREECH PRESENTATION; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PARAPLEGIA; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGIONAL ANESTHESIA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPINAL CORD HEMORRHAGE; SPINE INJURY;

EID: 0031744082     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/81.6.976     Document Type: Article

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