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Repeat pregnancy associated with cardiac pacemaker
Author(s) -
Matorras R.,
Diez J.,
Saez M.,
Montoya F.,
Aranguren G.,
RodriguezEscudero F.J.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
international journal of gynecology and obstetrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.895
H-Index - 97
eISSN - 1879-3479
pISSN - 0020-7292
DOI - 10.1016/0020-7292(91)90487-p
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , cardiac pacemaker , forceps , scalp , umbilical cord , anesthesia , obstetrics , spinal cord , surgery , cardiology , genetics , anatomy , biology , psychiatry
Two pregnancies in a patient with a fixed‐rate pacemaker are reported. The first pregnancy was uneventful. The second had no maternal complications either. A moderate tachysystolia was detected during the second period. The newborn was delivered with forceps applied under spinal anesthesia. Newborn infant evolution presented no hazards, but umbilical cord analysis revealed a severe acidosis, in spite of a normal scalp analysis 45 min earlier. Epidural anesthesia is recommended for such patients.