Open AccessAnesthetic management of a parturient with primary pulmonary hypertension with Eisenmenger's syndrome
Author(s) -
Kirti N Saxena,
Bharti Taneja
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critical care/journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critial care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-9539
pISSN - 2249-4472
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4472.191604
Subject(s) - medicine , eisenmenger syndrome , pulmonary hypertension , anesthesia , cardiology
Labor and delivery are associated with high mortality in parturients with primary pulmonary hypertension with Eisenmenger's syndrome. Epidural anesthesia during labor has been shown to be effective in reducing the morbidity and mortality. We administered epidural labor analgesia successfully to a parturient with primary pulmonary hypertension with Eisenmenger's syndrome. A team approach for such patients leads to successful outcome