Atsushi Tsuda, Kyoko Nagaoka, Hideo Hashiguchi, Shigeki Shibata, Itsuko Shibata, Atsuko Nagatani
A 30-year-old woman at 35 weeks' gestation with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA), whose associated anomalies were VSD, ASD and pulmonary stenosis, underwent emergency cesarean delivery under general anesthesia. She had hypoxemia due to right-to-left shunt. We discussed with obstetricians and pediatric cardiologists about her at 25 weeks' gestation. Discussed points included: 1) delivery after 30 weeks' gestation, 2) her cardiac function and anomalies, 3) cesarean delivery under general anesthesia in case of emergency, 4) management of a sleeping baby after cesarean delivery by pediatricians...
February 2003: Masui. the Japanese Journal of Anesthesiology