Intraspinal hypotension syndrome presents as transient quadriplegia

Abstract

Intracranial hypotension can be a complication of epidural anaesthesia. Pure clinical spinal hypotension manifesting as acute transient quadriplegia following epidural anaesthesia is a severe, life-threatening complication that have not been described before. This complication can be solved with an epidural blood patch; thus, it should be familiar to doctors across all specialities.

Keywords:

• Intraspinal hypotension syndrome
• intracranial hypotension
• quadriplegia
• epidural anaesthesia

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