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Case Reports
. 2019 Aug;47(4):345-347.
doi: 10.5152/TJAR.2019.69094. Epub 2019 Mar 12.

Analgesia and Anaesthesia Management of Labour and Caesarean Delivery for a Parturient with Paramyotonia Congenita

Nazuha Mohd Najid  1 , Thohiroh Abdul Razak  1 , Dudu Berrin Günaydın  2
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Case Reports

Analgesia and Anaesthesia Management of Labour and Caesarean Delivery for a Parturient with Paramyotonia Congenita

Nazuha Mohd Najid et al. Turk J Anaesthesiol Reanim. 2019 Aug.

Abstract

Anaesthetic management in paramyotonia congenita (PC) or 'paradoxical myotonia' poses perioperative challenges to the anaesthesiologists both in obstetric and non-obstetric surgical patients. There are only a few case reports on the anaesthesia management particularly in the obstetric population. Therefore, we aimed to present the management of analgesia of labour and emergency caesarean delivery for a 26-year-old parturient with PC.

Keywords: Caesarean delivery; labour analgesia; myotonia; paramyotonia congenita; spinal anaesthesia.

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Conflict of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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