Complications of spinal anesthesia
Hyderally, H.
Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine new York 69(1-2): 55-56
2002
ISSN/ISBN: 0027-2507 PMID: 11832972 Document Number: 548128
Serious neurological complications after spinal anesthesia are rare, but do occur. The most common are postdural puncture headache and hypotension. Hypotension after spinal anesthesia is a physiological consequence of sympathetic blockade. The diagnoses and management of these sequelae are discussed.
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