title: Non-invasive mechanical ventilation with spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery.
abstract: We present the successful use of perioperative non-invasive mechanical ventilation in a morbidly obese pregnant woman with bronchial asthma, severe preeclampsia and pulmonary edema undergoing an emergency cesarean delivery with spinal anesthesia. The combination of non-invasive mechanical ventilation with neuraxial anesthesia may be of value in selected parturients with acute or chronic respiratory insufficiency requiring surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Zonguldak Karaelmas University, Zonguldak, Turkey.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Erdogan
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Okyay
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yurtlu
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hanci
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayoglu
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Koksal
authors.forename: I O
authors.initials: IO
authors.lastname: Turan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058109:Airway Management; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D002585:Cesarean Section / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009767:Obesity, Morbid / Q000150:complications; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy