Outcome of Spinal Anesthesia during Emergency Cesarean Section for Severe Preeclampsia and Eclampsia Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Background: In Bangladesh eclampsia and severe preeclampsia or toxemia (PET) are the leading cause of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Its management is challenging for the obstetrician and anesthesiologist. Still now general anesthesia is commonly practiced for emergency LUCS in developing countries, but the outcome of spinal anesthesia is better than GA. Recently in developed countries like the UK and United States, spinal anesthesia is also accepted as a safer anesthetic technique