Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Department of Neurosurgery, Tufts Medical Center, Massachusetts, USA

Publications

• Review   
  Spinal Anesthesia for Lumbar Surgery in the Elderly Patient
  Author(s): James Kryzanski* and Michelle Olmos
  
  A 22 year old primi diagnosed as Eisenmengers syndrome with severe pulmonary hypertension with bidirectional shunt and room air saturation of 78% was taken up for emergency caeserian section under thoracic segmental spinal anaesthesia with low volume isobaric 0.5% levobupivacaine and fentanyl. Patient was haemodynamically stable during the intraoperative and postoperative period and was discharged safely on the 10th postoperative day. Thoracic segmental spinal anaesthesia with isobaric levobupivacaine is a good alternative to epidural and general anaesthesia in patients with cardiac and respiratory diseases... View More»
  DOI: 10.35248/2155-6148.22.13.1070

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