ABSTRACT

Remote location anaesthesia, analgesia and sedation practices in pregnant patients have increased in recent years. In this article ten cases of sedation applied to pregnant patients between 2002 and 2011 (6 ERCP procedures, 3 ECT procedures and 1 hydatid cyst aspiration) are reported. The mean age of patients was 28.6 (16-39 years); mean gestational age was 23 weeks (12-28 weeks). In one pregnant patient bleeding was observed after sphincterotomy during the ERCP procedure; confusion was seen in two and headache in one patient after ECT procedures. No maternal or foetal complications occurred. All pregnant patients gave birth in the normal gestational week and the Apgar scores of all newborns were 8-10 p. There were no complications in the newborns in the month following birth.

Keywords: Sedation, pregnancy, remote location anaesthesia