Loss of consciousness following spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section.
A healthy parturient under spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section lost consciousness for an hour, 20 min after the intrathecal injection of 2 ml of 0.5% heavy bupivacaine. The patient was haemodynamically stable before losing consciousness. The differential diagnosis is discussed.
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Oxford University Press
2000
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Online Access: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/421/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11103195 |
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