A case of unilateral Horner's syndrome after combined spinal epidural anesthesia with ropivacaine 10 mg/mL for cesarean section

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-70

  Theodosiadis, P D ^a,b   Grosomanidis, V O ^a   Gkoutzioulis, F V ^a   Tzafettas, J M ^a  

^a INTERBALKAN MEDICAL CENTER   (Greece)

^b 424 General Army Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Combined spinal epidural anesthesia; Horner's syndrome; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

MORPHINE SULFATE; ROPIVACAINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVAL HYPEREMIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MIOSIS; PTOSIS; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ADULT; AMIDES; ANESTHESIA, EPIDURAL; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CESAREAN SECTION; FEMALE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 29244433053     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2005.05.010     Document Type: Article

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