Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Case Reports
[Fetal anesthesia in cesarean section for patients with congenital diaphragmatic hernia].
We experienced two cases of anesthesia for cesarean section in patients with prenatally diagnosed congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). Fentanyl/midazolam anesthesia was selected for fetal sedation at birth. ⋯ Midazolam concentrations in umbilical vein were 137 and 256 ng.ml-1. Spontaneous breathing and movement of the newborns were restrained in both cases and these sedations facilitated preoperative general management for newborns with CDH.