The management of labour using continuous lumbar epidural analgesia in a patient with a malignant cerebral tumour |
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| Authors: | T. Goroszeniuk, ,R. S. Howard,&dagger J. T. Wright,&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | T. Goroszeniuk, LM, Ffarcsi;, Senior Registrar in Anaesthetics, West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex R.S. Howard, Mrcp;, Senior House Officer in Neurology, National Hospital for Nervous Diseases, London WCI. J.T. Wright J Mrcog;, Senior Registrar in Obstetrics, West Middlesex Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex. |
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| Abstract: | A mother presented at 28 weeks with epileptiform convulsions which were due to a malignant cerebral tumour. Labour and delivery at 34 weeks were managed under epidural analgesia. The infant was healthy, but the mother died several days later following cerebral decompression. |
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| Keywords: | Analgesia obstetric Anaesthetic techniques regional epidural |
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