• Revista médica de Chile · Apr 1991

    Case Reports

    [Aseptic meningitis following spinal anesthesia. Report of a case].

    • G Bugedo, J Valenzuela, and H Muñoz.
    • Departamento de Anestesiología, Hospital Clínico de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago de Chile.
    • Rev Med Chil. 1991 Apr 1;119(4):440-2.

    AbstractAseptic meningitis after lumbar puncture and spinal anesthesia is a rare but serious complication, whose acute onset and clinical symptoms mimic septic meningitis. A 33 year old woman presented this complication 5 h after an uneventful cesarean section under subarachnoid blockade. Though lumbar puncture revealed pleocytosis with negative Gram stains and cultures, she was treated with antibiotics and made a full recovery. The clinical picture, differential diagnosis and value of early lumbar puncture are discussed. The successful use of midazolam to treat psychomotor agitation in this patient is also reported.

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