Sleep apnoea syndrome in pregnancy: a case report.
A case of sleep apnoea syndrome in a pregnant patient is reported here. For obstetric reasons, and because of the possibility that a metabolic and respiratory acidosis associated with the apnoea syndrome might have developed, we decided to do a caesarian section. Orotracheal intubation was particularly difficult because of the patient's abnormal mandibular, palatal and retropharyngeal shape, which was probably the underlying cause of the apnoeic syndrome.
Conti
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Milan, Italy.
Izzo
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Muggiasca
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Tiengo
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D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes