Open AccessAnesthesia for fetoscopic intervention
Author(s) -
Jamil S. Anwari,
Zubair Tareen
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
saudi journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.416
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 1658-354X
pISSN - 0975-3125
DOI - 10.4103/1658-354x.136646
Subject(s) - medicine , fetoscopy , anesthesia , pregnancy , intervention (counseling) , cesarean delivery , obstetric anesthesia , fetus , prenatal diagnosis , nursing , genetics , biology
This is the first case report on anesthesia for fetoscopy performed in Saudi Arabia. Epidural anesthesia was given to the mother in her late second trimester for the fetoscopic intervention. The anesthesia related issues such as physiological and anatomical changes in pregnancy, tocolytic medications and their interactions with anesthesia, anesthetizing/sedating the primary patient are discussed.