PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jonathan A Niconchuk
AU  - Michael G Richardson
TI  - Complete relief of CRPS-associated pain during magnesium infusion in a patient with postpartum preeclampsia
AID  - 10.1136/rapm-2018-100142
DP  - 2019 Jan 11
TA  - Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
PG  - rapm-2018-100142
4099  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/11/rapm-2018-100142.short
4100  - http://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/11/rapm-2018-100142.full
AB  - A pregnant patient with chronic regional pain syndrome (CRPS) and indwelling spinal cord stimulator presented with twin gestation for induction of preterm labor due to preeclampsia. Intravenous magnesium was initiated and a lumbar epidural catheter was placed uneventfully for labor analgesia. The patient reported complete relief of her CRPS-associated pain during and for 24 hours after delivery, while receiving intravenous magnesium, with her pain symptoms returning shortly after discontinuing magnesium. To our knowledge, there are no case reports that describe CRPS-associated pain relief while on peripartum magnesium therapy.