BACKGROUND: Most maternal deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries, with Chad being one of the countries with the most alarming figures. There aren’t many reports of anesthetic management for cesarean delivery in these countries. AIM: To report the obstetrical anesthetic experience in a hospita...
Pregnancy induces changes in almost every body system, pushing their reserves to the limit. There is a decrease in systemic vascular resistance, a progressive increase in blood volume, heart rate and myocardial size, resulting in an increased cardiac output. It reduces the functional residual capacity an...
Introducción: La arteritis de Takayasu es una enfermedad inflamatoria que afecta la aorta y sus ramas y muestra predilección por la población asiática. Objetivo: Describir la conducción anestésica en una paciente obstétrica con arteritis de Takayasu. Presentación del caso: Paciente femenina,...
Abstract Loss of consciousness during spinal anesthesia is a rare but scary complication. This complication is generally related to severe hypotension and bradycardia, but in this case, the loss of consciousness occurred in a hemodynamically stable parturient patient. We present a 31 years-old patient wh...
Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome is a rare disease that includes the triad of malformation of vascular capillaries, varicose veins and/or venous malformation and hypertrophy of soft or bony tissues. Its presence during pregnancy poses an anesthetic challenge due to the high obstetric risk due to thromboembolic...
Fetal surgery is a field that has experienced great progress in recent decades. Advances in prenatal imaging techniques have allowed treatment of in-utero fetal pathologies during the prenatal period, so that it is currently possible to intervene in the natural history of certain alterations in the devel...
Introducción: La anestesia regional es la más empleada en la cesárea obstétrica. En particular, el uso de la anestesia intratecal tiene sus ventajas. Aunque la tasa de falla es baja, la aparición de este evento genera dificultades que merecen atención.
Objetivo: Describir la conducta anestésica en...
Abstract Study objective: The purpose of this study was to assess whether application of dorsal table tilt and body rotation to a parturient seated for neuraxial anesthesia increased the size of the paramedian target area for neuraxial needle insertion. Setting: Labor and Delivery Room. Patients: Thir...
