Jarvi K, Osborn N, Wall N. An obstetric patient with neurocadiogenic syncope.
Int J Obstet Anesth 2009;
18:396-9. [PMID:
19700306 DOI:
10.1016/j.ijoa.2008.12.007]
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Abstract
We report the peripartum management of a 29-year-old primigravid patient with neurocardiogenic syncope, which had been diagnosed six years previously on tilt-table testing. General principles were applied to minimise the risk of precipitating syncopal episodes. She had an uneventful ventouse-assisted vaginal delivery under epidural anaesthesia in our obstetric high dependency unit. The optimum management of these patients has yet to be established.
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