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Abstract The choice of general or regional anesthesia for patients with severe preeclampsia continues to attract debate. Epidural anesthesia has become generally acceptable but the risk of hypotension following spinal anesthesia remains a focus for concern however, this view has not been supported by clinical studiesIn severely preeclamptic patients, general anesthesia is usually chosen only when regional techniques are contraindicated, because of hazards related to management of difficult airway, interactions of muscle relaxants with magnesium and to the hemodynamic consequences of laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation. Spinal anesthesia was not only more time-efficient simple technique, small drug dose, low failure rate (about 3%) but also offered more effective and reliable anesthesia. |