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Anaesthesia

Title:		Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a patient with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
Author(s):		Reah, G. Lyons, G. R. Wilson, R. C.
Address:		Department of Anaesthesia, St James's University Hospital, Leeds, UK.
Year:		1998 Jun
Journal Title:		Anaesthesia
Page Number:		586-8
Language:		eng
Volume:		53
Issue:		6
ISSN/ISBN:		0003-2409 (Print). 0003-2409 (Linking)
Abstract:		We describe the management of a 25-year-old primigravida with severe respiratory insufficiency secondary to CHarcot-Marie-Tooth disease type I scheduled for Caesarean section. Incremental subarachnoid anaesthesia via a microcatheter was utilised. Mother and baby made an uneventful recovery and were discharged home on the tenth postoperative day.