Anaesthetic implications of antiphospholipid antibody syndrome in pregnancy

Abstract

Antiphospholipid antibody syndrome is an autoimmune disorder characterized by venous and/or arterial thromboses. When present in women of reproductive age, it is associated with recurrent loss of pregnancy. This case report summarizes the perioperative course and anaesthetic management in a patient with bad obstetrics history who had to undergo emergency caesarean section.

Keywords

• Anaesthetic
• antiphospholipid antibody syndrome
• autoimmune
• perioperative
• thromboses