title: Anesthetic management of Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome in a pregnant patient posted for emergency caesarean section.
abstract: The most common arrhythmia seen during pregnancy is paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia and Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome accounts for majority of this in such population. The presence of pre-disposing factors may facilitate the onset of tachyarrhythmias in previously asymptomatic parturients with the WPW syndrome such as increased hemodynamic, hormonal, autonomic, and emotional changes. Therefore, meticulous monitoring is essential perioperatively. Epidural anesthesia providing added advantage of hemodynamic stability and post-operative analgesia is preferred in such pregnant patients undergoing emergency cesarean section.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Government of Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Urmila
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Palaria
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Government of Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Mohd A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Rasheed
authors.affiliation: Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Government of Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: Geeta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, Government of Medical College, Haldwani, Uttarakhand, India.
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Sinha
keywords: Epidural anesthesia; Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome; paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia; pregnancy; tachyarrhythmia's