TY  - JOUR
T1  - ANesthesia and preeclampsia
AU  - Mandal NG
Y1  - 2002/10/16
N1  - 10.1001/jama.288.15.1845
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1847
EP  - 1848
VL  - 288
IS  - 15
N2  - 
To the Editor: In their Contempo Updates article
on preeclampsia, Drs Lain and Roberts1 did
not mention the role of regional analgesia and anesthesia (eg, spinal, epidural,
and combined spinal-epidural) in high-risk patients. Although controversial,
many investigators have recommended the use of epidural anesthesia in severe
preeclampsia and eclampsia to help control blood pressure and pain and increase
uterine and renal perfusion.2 One study
has also found a higher Apgar score in infants whose mothers received epidural
anaesthesia.3 It is a common practice to
use these regional techniques (when they are not contraindicated) in such
patients for peripartum care.4

SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.288.15.1845
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.15.1845
ER  -