Question: 27 year old patient, G1 P0, is right now in the labor, after receiving the epidural Anesthesia, gets hypotensive, what is the reason?
Answer: Blood Redistribution and venous pooling. Basically because of loss of autonomic effect, blood traps in the lower extremity and consequently patient gets hypotensive
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
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