Cardiac arrest in an obstetric patient using remifentanil patient-controlled analgesia.

R Marr, J Hyams, V Bythell

Index: Anaesthesia 68(3) , 283-7, (2013)

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Abstract

This case report describes the management of a patient, diagnosed with an intrauterine death at 31 weeks' gestation, who suffered a cardiorespiratory arrest during her induced labour while using a remifentanil PCA. She made a full recovery from resuscitation which included a peri-mortem caesarean section.Anaesthesia © 2013 The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland.