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The management of labour using continuous lumbar epidural analgesia in a patient with a malignant cerebral tumour
Author(s) -
Goroszeniuk T.,
Howard R. S.,
Wright J. T.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12962.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , decompression , lumbar , surgery
Summary A mother presented at 28 weeks with epileptiform convulsions which were due to a malignant cerebral tumour. Labour and delivery at 34 weeks were managed under epidural analgesia. The infant was healthy, but the mother died several days later following cerebral decompression.