Hypertensive response to warm "cardiac" irrigation in a patient with a total artificial heart.

before CS was performed under regional anesthesia. By contrast, “in a confidential postal questionnaire among 297 French anesthesiologists, Benhamou3 found that only 23% of the respondents used prophylaxis before obstetric anesthesia. Our study demonstrates that, in our institution, the incidence of spinal failure or excessive block necessitating GA/intubation was extremely low. Therefore, routine prophylaxis may not be necessary prior to spinal anesthesia. However, these results should be confirmed by a prospective, controlled studies. An antacid should be administered whenever GA is required.