Anaesthetic management of a complex morbidly obese parturient.
A case is presented of a morbidly obese parturient who had multiple medical problems. She had angina and was receiving nitrate therapy, had insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, asthma and benign intracranial hypertension (pseudotumour cerebri). Lumbar epidural analgesia was chosen for labour and delivery and resulted in an uneventful outcome.
Douglas
M J
MJ
Department of Anaesthesia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.
Flanagan
M L
ML
McMorland
G H
GH
D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural; D016362:Analgesia, Obstetrical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D009767:Obesity, Morbid; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications