Experience of applying spinal anesthesia for Cesarean section in patient of 118 cm height


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Abstract

Successes of modern medicine give possibility to women with dwarfism to bear pregnancy. However questions of anesthetic protection for this patient category are not solve to date. The author presented an experience of Ekaterinburg perinatal center concerned perioperative support and anesthesiological tactics applied for women with dwarfism.

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Andrey A. Matkovskiy

Regional children's hospital; Ural State Medical University

Email: matkov96@gmail.com
MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of the Department of anesthesiology, resuscitation and transfusiology, Ural State Medical University; Head of the department of anesthesiology, resuscitation and intensive care, Regional Children's Hospital №1 Ekaterinburg, 620000, Russian Federation

A. S Bykov

Regional children's hospital

Ekaterinburg, 620000, Russian Federation

I. V Aleksandrov

Regional children's hospital

Ekaterinburg, 620000, Russian Federation

L. I Matkovskaya

Regional children's hospital

Ekaterinburg, 620000, Russian Federation

A. V Kulikov

Ural State Medical University

Ekaterinburg, 620028, Russian Federation

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