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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 38, 900-903, Copyright © 1991 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Anaesthetic management of a complex morbidly obese parturient

MJ Douglas, ML Flanagan and GH McMorland
Department of Anaesthesia, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

A case is presented of a morbidly obese parturient who had multiple medical problems. She had angina and was receiving nitrate therapy, had insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus, hypertension, asthma and benign intracranial hypertension (pseudotumour cerebri). Lumbar epidural analgesia was chosen for labour and delivery and resulted in an uneventful outcome.




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