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Anesthesia and analgesia · Sep 2000
Case ReportsCortical blindness in a preeclamptic patient after a cesarean delivery complicated by hypotension.
- C J Borromeo, G T Blike, C W Wiley, and J A Hirsch.
- Departments of Anesthesiology and Radiology, Lahey Clinic, Burlington, j.borromeo@lahey.org
- Anesth. Analg. 2000 Sep 1; 91 (3): 609-11.
ImplicationsVisual strokes can occur after prolonged hypotension or as a complication of preeclampsia-eclampsia. This case describes the diagnostic dilemma posed by a patient who developed transient blindness after a hypotensive episode during cesarean delivery for severe preeclampsia-eclampsia.
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