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Fatal pulmonary embolism following spinal anaesthesia for caesarean section
S P McHale1, M D Tilak, P N Robinson
1Department of Anaesthetics, Edgware General Hospital, Middlesex.
Anaesthesia
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
Pulmonary embolism remains one of the commonest causes of maternal death. Regional blockade is reported to decrease the incidence of postoperative thrombo-embolic disease. We describe a case in which a fatal pulmonary embolism followed an emergency Caesarean section for which the patient was given a spinal anaesthetic. We believe it to be the first time this has been reported.