title: Anesthesia for cesarean delivery in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type II.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, an inherited connective tissue disease, is rarely seen in pregnancy. Presentation may be mild or severe, depending on which type of the syndrome the patient possesses.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 38-year-old woman with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type II presented for cesarean delivery at 34 weeks' gestation with premature rupture of membranes and breech presentation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A subarachnoid block was chosen to provide surgical anesthesia. No adverse side effects or complications developed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, it is important to be aware of which type is present and to be knowledgeable about and prepared for any potential complications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, The Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157-1009, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goldstein
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002585:Cesarean Section; D004535:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D013346:Subarachnoid Space