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Spinal anaesthesia for caesarean delivery in a parturient with babesiosis and Lyme disease
Author(s) -
Sultan P.,
Green C.,
Riley E.,
Carvalho B.
Publication year - 2012
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.1365-2044.2011.06941.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , lyme disease , anesthesia , babesiosis , spinal anesthesia , dissection (medical) , surgery , general anaesthesia , pregnancy , obstetrics , genetics , pathology , virology , biology
Summary We present a case of a parturient with babesiosis and Lyme disease who was scheduled for elective caesarean section. The caesarean section was performed under spinal anaesthesia, and the patient had a coronary artery dissection 4 days postoperatively. Neuraxial anaesthesia and possible mechanisms for the coronary artery dissection in a patient with babesiosis and Lyme disease are discussed.