Caesarean section in a parturient with a spinal cord stimulator.
A 35-year-old G2P1 parturient at 32 weeks of gestation with an implanted spinal cord stimulator was admitted for urgent caesarean section. Spinal anaesthesia was performed below the spinal cord stimulator leads at the L4-5 level, and a healthy female infant was delivered. A basic description of the technology and resulting implications for the parturient are discussed.
Sommerfield
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Department of Anaesthesia, National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. dsommerfield@hotmail.com
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O'Keeffe
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McKeating A
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D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002585:Cesarean Section; D002908:Chronic Disease; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy; D004566:Electrodes; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D059408:Pain Management; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D011859:Radiography; D012907:Smoking / Q000503:physiopathology; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging