Effects of a height and weight adjusted dose of local anaesthetic for spinal anaesthesia for elective Caesarean section.

In this prospective, randomised, double-blind study, we compared the effects of two dosage regimens. Pregnant patients at term were randomly assigned to two groups to be given diamorphine 0.4 mg in hyperbaric bupivacaine 0.

Awake fibreoptic intubation, airway compression and lung collapse in a parturient: anaesthetic and intensive care management.

A 28-year-old primigravida at 35 weeks gestation with acute onset of dyspnoea and stridor due to an intrathoracic neoplasm required semi-urgent caesarean section to allow diagnosis and treatment. Her inability to lie supine precluded regional anaesthesia. She underwent awake fibreoptic oral intubation followed by general anaesthesia.