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This report discusses the anaesthetic management of a patient undergoing emergency Caesarean section followed by an open pulmonary embolectomy with cardiopulmonary bypass. This case was complicated by the major physiological alterations associated with pregnancy and delivery, massive blood loss, cardiac dysrhythmias, hypotension, and cardiac arrest. Both patients, mother and child, made a full recovery.
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Ce papier discute de la conduite anesthésique chez une patiente subissant une cesarienne d’urgence suivie d’embolectomie pulmonaire et circulation extra corporelle. Ce cas fut compliqué par des alterations physiologiques majeures associees à la grossesse, l’accouchement, la perte massive de sang, arythmie cardiaque, hypotension et arret cardiaque. La mère et l’infant ont eu une recouvrance totale satisfaisante.
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Splinter, W.M., Dwane, P.D., Wigle, R.D. et al. Anaesthetic management of emergency Caesarean section followed by pulmonary embolectomy. Can J Anaesth 36, 689–692 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03005422
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