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Arnold‐Chiari malformation in pregnancy
Author(s) -
Semple D. A.,
McClure J. H.,
Wallace E. M.
Publication year - 1996
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.1365-2044.1996.tb12570.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , caesarean section , gestation , chiari malformation , intubation , anesthesia , obstetrics , surgery , magnetic resonance imaging , syringomyelia , genetics , radiology , biology
Summary We report the case of a 30‐year‐old pregnant woman with an Arnold‐Chiari malformation, who presented with severe pregnancy‐induced hypertension at 30 weeks gestation. She was known to have had a difficult tracheal intubation during a previous general anaesthetic. Caesarean section was performed under an incremental epidural anaesthetic block .