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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 25, 236-239, Copyright © 1978 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Anaesthetic Considerations in Caesarean Section for Quadruplets

JOHN B. CRAFT M.D.1, GERSHON LEVINSON M.D.2, and SOL M. SHNIDER M.D.3

1 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, George Washington University, Washington D.C., 20037
2 Department of Gyanaecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94143
3 Department of Gynaecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, California, 94143

A case of a caesarean delivery with epidural analgesia of a term parturient with quadruplets is presented. Maternal considerations of hypotension, respiratory embarrassment and aspiration of gastric content and foetal considerations of prematurity and impaired placental function are discussed relative to the use of general anaesthesia or epidural analgesia.






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