title: Perioperative management of a parturient with hyponatraemia due to carbamazepine therapy.
abstract: We describe the perioperative management of an epileptic parturient who developed hyponatraemia due to carbamazepine therapy. Caesarean delivery was performed under combined spinal-epidural anaesthesia with a good outcome for both mother and neonate. The diagnostic and therapeutic approach, anaesthetic implications and maternal and neonatal risks for a patient with hyponatraemia complicating carbamazepine therapy are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Aretaieio Hospital, Medical School, University of Athens, Greece. c_staikou@yahoo.gr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Staikou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Petropoulos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000379:methods*; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007010:Hyponatremia / Q000139:chemically induced*; D019990:Perioperative Care; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine