Open AccessAnaesthetic Management of a Morbidly Obese Parturient for Elective Caesarean Section
Author(s) -
Ritu Pradhan,
Sangeeta Shrestha,
Tara Gurung,
AB Shrestha,
Sharma Kr
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nepal journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1999-9623
pISSN - 1999-8546
DOI - 10.3126/njog.v10i2.14342
Subject(s) - medicine , elective caesarean section , morbidly obese , caesarean section , elective cesarean section , anesthesia , gestation , spinal anesthesia , obstetrics , gestational age , pregnancy , obesity , weight loss , genetics , biology
Anaesthesia for an obese parturient poses a challenge to anaesthesiologists. Here we report a case of 27 years obese primigravidae at 40 weeks of gestation with gestational hypertension who underwent elective cesarean section under combined spinal epidural anaesthesia. Her intraoperative and postoperative periods were uneventful.