RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Complete relief of CRPS-associated pain during magnesium infusion in a patient with postpartum preeclampsia
JF Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine
JO Reg Anesth Pain Med
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP rapm-2018-100142
DO 10.1136/rapm-2018-100142
A1 Jonathan A Niconchuk
A1 Michael G Richardson
YR 2019
UL http://rapm.bmj.com/content/early/2019/01/11/rapm-2018-100142.abstract
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.