Combined Spinal-Epidural Analgesia for Laboring Parturient with Arnold-Chiari Type I Malformation: A Case Report and a Review of the Literature

Anesthetic management of laboring parturients with Arnold-Chiari type I malformation poses a difficult challenge for the anesthesiologist. The increase in intracranial pressure during uterine contractions, coughing, valsalva maneuvers, and expulsion of the fetus can be detrimental to the mother duri...

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Main Authors: Clark K. Choi, Kalpana Tyagaraj
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/512915
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