Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a morbidly obese parturient with history of lignocaine allergy: A case report

Morbidly obese obstetric patients present multiple challenges to the anaesthetist for labour analgesia and anaesthesia for caesarean section. The superiority of regional anaesthesia (RA) using local anaesthetics (LA) to all other techniques in the obese parturient, as well as avoiding complications...

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Published inProceedings of Singapore Healthcare Vol. 31
Main Authors Chia, Pamela, Cheng, Shang-Ming, Tan, Sze-Chin, Sng, Ban Leong
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.11.2022
Sage Publications Ltd
SAGE Publishing
Subjects
Allergies
Case reports
Local anesthesia
Obesity
Regional anesthesia
lignocaine allergy
anaphylaxis
Labour analgesia
obstetrics
parturient
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Summary:Morbidly obese obstetric patients present multiple challenges to the anaesthetist for labour analgesia and anaesthesia for caesarean section. The superiority of regional anaesthesia (RA) using local anaesthetics (LA) to all other techniques in the obese parturient, as well as avoiding complications of general anaesthesia (GA) in a caesarean delivery makes LA allergy in parturients an important issue. We report the first known case of lignocaine allergy in a morbidly obese parturient.
ISSN:2010-1058
2059-2329
DOI:10.1177/20101058221144114