Accidental total spinal block: A complication of an epidural test dose
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Accidental total spinal block (1)
R E P L Y Thank you for giving us the opportunity to respond to Dr. Fortuna's comments. It is possible that apnoea in this patient can partly be from hypotension and brainstem hypoperfusion, but she did develop flaccid paralysis in her upper extremities which means that motor paralysis in the cervical region had, indeed, taken place. The block, however (both sensory and motor), started regressi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/bf03008375