Key result
A combination of general anaesthesia and thoracic epidural analgesia was used for a patient with severe primary pulmonary hypertension undergoing open lung biopsy.
Case Report (n=1)
Reports the anaesthetic management of a patient with severe primary pulmonary hypertension undergoing open lung biopsy using combined general and thoracic epidural anaesthesia.
May support combined anesthesia feasibility in severe PH; leaves open need for controlled safety data.
Patients with primary pulmonary hypertension occasionally present for surgery. Anaesthesia requires continuous cardiovascular monitoring and maintenance of stable pulmonary and systemic haemodynamics. The management of a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension, undergoing open lung biopsy under a combination of general anaesthesia and thoracic epidural analgesia is reported and the problems of primary pulmonary hypertension are discussed.
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Peter Armstrong (1992) conducted a case report in Primary pulmonary hypertension (n=1). Combination of general anaesthesia and thoracic epidural analgesia was evaluated. A combination of general anaesthesia and thoracic epidural analgesia was used for a patient with severe primary pulmonary hypertension undergoing open lung biopsy.
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