Elective cesarean delivery in non-dialyzed parturient with chronic renal failure
- Resource Type
- article
- Authors
- Saravanan P Ankichetty; Caitriona Murphy; Pamela Angle; Stephen Halpern
- Source
- Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 102-104 (2013)
- Subject
- Anesthesia
cesarean delivery
chronic renal failure
epidural
obstetric
Anesthesiology
RD78.3-87.3
Pharmacy and materia medica
RS1-441
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0970-9185
Chronic renal failure is rare in pregnancy and often results in significant maternal and neonatal morbidity. When possible, preoperative dialysis is useful to optimize fluid and electrolyte balance. We describe the perioperative management of a parturient who persistently refused dialysis, had an uneventful cesarean delivery under graded epidural anesthesia.