title: Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
abstract: We describe the management of a diabetic primigravid woman with systemic sclerosis and thrombocytopaenia who required Caesarean section for pre-eclampsia. This was performed successfully under spinal anaesthesia.
authors.affiliation: Norfolk and Norwich Health Care NHS Trust, UK.
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wolmarans
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rhodes
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000379:methods*; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000379:methods*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D011254:Pregnancy in Diabetics; D012595:Scleroderma, Systemic / Q000150:complications*