Anesthesia for a Toxemia Patient with Pulmonary Edema.
10.4097/kjae.1979.12.2.179
- Author:
Ou Kyoung KWON
1
;
Sung Nyeun KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Catholic Medical College, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Anesthesia*;
Anesthesia, General;
Bronchodilator Agents;
Cesarean Section;
Digitalis;
Diuretics;
Female;
Humans;
Oxygen;
Pregnancy;
Pulmonary Edema*;
Steroids;
Toxemia*
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1979;12(2):179-182
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
It is a highly risky procedure to perform general anesthesia on a patient with toxemia in whom the function of the vital organs is seriously impaired. The risk is much increased when pulmonary edema is also a complication. Recently, many physicians are increasingly interested in PEEP(positive end-expiratory pressure) as a valuable therapeutic approach for pulmonary edema. There are reports that the PEEP has contributed a great deal of the treatment of the pulmonary edema. This is a case report of a patient with toxemia and pulmonary edema who underwent cesarean section. She was treated with oxygen, diuretics, digitalis, steroids, bronchodilators and PEEP(pr.=10cm.H2O, Vt=700ml., assist mode), The therapeutic result was excellent.