Open AccessHemodynamic instability and Horner’s syndrome following a labour lumbar neuraxial block: A warning sign of a potentially lethal event?
Author(s) -
Daryl I. Smith,
Jennifer L. Chiem,
Spencer Burk,
Žana Borovčanin,
Nobuyuki-Hai Tran
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of the royal society of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 81
eISSN - 1758-1095
pISSN - 0141-0768
DOI - 10.1177/0141076816681745
Subject(s) - medicine , lumbar , sign (mathematics) , hemodynamics , anesthesia , block (permutation group theory) , surgery , mathematical analysis , geometry , mathematics
The development of Horner’s syndrome during routine neuraxial anaesthesia suggests anatomic, technical or physiologic variance. Even more importantly, it warrants immediate cessation of the anaesthetic intervention.
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