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British Journal of Anaesthesia, 2000, Vol. 85, No. 3 474-476
© 2000 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia

Loss of consciousness following spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section

Y. K. Chan*, R. Gopinathan and R. Rajendram

Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya Medical Centre, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

A healthy parturient under spinal anaesthesia for Caesarean section lost consciousness for an hour, 20 min after the intrathecal injection of 2 ml of 0.5% heavy bupivacaine. The patient was haemodynamically stable before losing consciousness. The differential diagnosis is discussed.

Br J Anaesth 2000; 85: 474–6

* Corresponding author


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