Cortical Blindness in a Preeclamptic Patient After a Cesarean Delivery Complicated by Hypotension

Carl J. Borromeo, George T. Blike, Christopher W. Wiley, Joshua A Hirsch

Anesthesia & Analgesia · 2000 · 11 citations · 10 references

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Abstract

Implications Visual 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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