• Anaesthesia · Aug 1993

    Case Reports

    Cardiorespiratory arrest following combined spinal epidural anaesthesia for caesarean section.

    • Y Myint, P W Bailey, and B R Milne.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, University of Sheffield Medical School.
    • Anaesthesia. 1993 Aug 1;48(8):684-6.

    AbstractA 31-year-old woman had an elective Caesarean section under combined spinal/epidural anaesthesia. At the end of the operation, diamorphine 2.5 mg in 5 ml of 0.25% bupivacaine plain was injected through the epidural catheter. Forty minutes after this, the patient had a cardiorespiratory arrest in an ordinary postnatal ward.

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