Subarachnoidal Block after a “Top-up” Dose during Continuous Segmental Epidural Analgesia in Labour a Case Report

1 December 1980

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica

Vol. 24 (6) , 495-496
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-6576.1980.tb01591.x

Abstract

A case of spinal block which developed after a 2nd top-up of local anesthetic (bupivicaine) during segmental epidural analgesia in labor is described. The incidence of similar cases is reviewed. The importance of aspiration and the injection of a test dose before every top-up is stressed.

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