Maxey-Jones Courtney L, Palmerton Alec, Farmer Jocelyn R, Bateman Brian T
From the *Department of Anesthesiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio; Departments of †Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine, and ‡Allergy and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.
A A Case Rep. 2017 Aug 1;9(3):84-86. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000000533.
Difficult airway management in the gravid patient is a well-described phenomenon. We present a case of emergent cesarean delivery complicated by a "cannot intubate, cannot ventilate" scenario that was later determined to be secondary to an allergic, IgE-mediated reaction to epidurally administered local anesthetic.