Severe bronchospasm during epidural anaesthesia

Anaesthesia. 1993 Jun;48(6):514-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07074.x.

Abstract

A case of severe bronchospasm occurring during epidural anaesthesia in a patient undergoing Caesarean section is described. The aetiology of the bronchospasm may have been related to sympathetic nervous blockade allowing unopposed parasympathetically mediated bronchoconstriction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Anesthesia, Epidural* / adverse effects
  • Anesthesia, Obstetrical* / adverse effects
  • Asthma / complications
  • Bronchial Spasm / etiology*
  • Cesarean Section*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Pregnancy