Loss of consciousness following spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-1-2000

Abstract

A healthy parturient under spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section lost consciousness for an hour, 20 min after the intrathecal injection of 2 ml of 0.5% heavy bupivacaine. The patient was haemodynamically stable before losing consciousness. The differential diagnosis is discussed.

Keywords

Anesthesia, Obstetrical/adverse effects, Adult, Cesarean Section/methods

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

BJA: British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volume

85

Issue

3

Publisher

Oxford University Press

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