Anesthetic management of a parturient with VACTERL association undergoing Cesarean delivery
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Anesthetic management of a parturient with VACTERL association undergoing Cesarean delivery.
PURPOSE We present the anesthetic management of a parturient with VACTERL association undergoing combined regional and general anesthesia for Cesarean delivery. Defined as a syndrome, VACTERL association comprises at least three of the following abnormalities: vertebral, anal atresia, cardiac, tracheoesophageal, renal, and limb. CLINICAL FEATURES The patient's anatomic abnormalities and comor...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d'anesthésie
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0832-610X,1496-8975
DOI: 10.1007/s12630-013-9919-5