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Case report| Volume 4, ISSUE 4, P251-253, October 1995

Epidural opioids and previous caesarean section

  • C. McBeth
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    Correspondence to: C. McBeth, Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff CF4 4XL, UK.
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    Department of Anaesthesia, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK
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DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0959-289X(95)82920-6
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      Summary

      In the following case there was delay in diagnosing uterine rupture in a patient with an epidural in situ. The danger of using large doses of local anaesthetics and opioids epidurally in patients who have had previous caesarean sections is discussed.
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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/0959-289X(95)82920-6

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      © 1995 Pearson Professional Ltd. Published by Elsevier Inc.

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