Unintended subdural anesthesia and subdural air bubbles after attempted epidural anesthesia in a patient undergoing cesarean section [PDF]
Anesthesia and Pain MedicineBackground Unintended subdural anesthesia accompanied by air bubbles compressing the cauda after attempting epidural anesthesia is rare. Case A 41-year-old pregnant woman was scheduled to undergo epidural anesthesia for cesarean section. After attempting
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Instrumentation for Epidural Anesthesia [PDF]
, 2007 A low-cost, sterilizable and unobtrusive instrumentation device was developed to quantify and study the loss-of-resistance technique in epidural anesthesia. In the porcine study, the rapid fall of the applied force, plunger displacement and fluid pressure, and the oral indication of the anesthesiologists were shown to be consistent with the loss-of ...
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Directive Versus Supportive Approaches Used by Midwives When Providing Care During the Second Stage of Labor [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction: Although the risks associated with using sustained and forceful maternal bearing‐down efforts during the second stage of labor have been well documented, most women who give birth in the United States bear down in response to direction from
Osborne, Kathryn
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Transient neurologic symptoms following spinal anesthesia with isobaric mepivacaine: A decade of experience at Toronto Western Hospital [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Transient neurologic symptoms (TNSs) can be distressing for patients and providers following uneventful spinal anesthesia. Spinal mepivacaine may be less commonly associated with TNS than lidocaine; however, reported rates of TNS with ...
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Effects of intrathecal opioids use in cesarean section on breastfeeding and newborns’ weight gaining [PDF]
, 2016 Objective: To assess the association between intrapartum intrathecal opioid use and breastfeeding and weight gain following cesarean section. Materials and methods: The prospective double-blinded study was conducted on term pregnant women, undergoing ...
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Neuraxial modulation for treatment of VT storm. [PDF]
, 2014 In the hyperadrenergic state of VT storm where shocks are psychologically and physiologically traumatizing, suppression of sympathetic outflow from the organ level of the heart up to higher braincenters plays a significant role in reducing the propensity
Shivkumar, Kalyanam, Tung, Roderick
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Неотложная медицинская помощь, 2021 The article reports an example of the simultaneous use of brachial plexus block and combined two-segment spinal-epidural anesthesia with fixation of an epidural catheter in the subcutaneous canal in an 81-year-old patient after receiving a household ...
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Cardiac arrest in a child during a combined general epidural anesthesia procedure [PDF]
, 2005 An increased risk of perioperative cardiac arrest in children, in comparison to adults, has been recognized. A number of factors associated with perioperative cardiac arrest have been identified, including young age, comorbidities, and emergency ...
Prabakti, Yudhi +4 more
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Randomized controlled trial of prolonged second stage: extending the time limit vs usual guidelines. [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND: Guidelines for management of the second stage have been proposed since the 1800s and were created largely by expert opinion. Current retrospective data are mixed regarding differences in maternal and neonatal outcomes with a prolonged second ...
Berghella, Vincenzo, Gimovsky, Alexis C.
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Efficiency of spinal anesthesia versus general anesthesia for lumbar spinal surgery: a retrospective analysis of 544 patients. [PDF]
, 2017 BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown varying results in selected outcomes when directly comparing spinal anesthesia to general in lumbar surgery. Some studies have shown reduced surgical time, postoperative pain, time in the postanesthesia care unit ...
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