LAC 48:I.2311. Anesthesia and Pregnancy

A. List of complications which have occurred to an unborn child in association with obstetrical anesthesia includes: 1. hypoxia or anoxia (deprivation of sufficient amounts of oxygen which, if prolonged, can cause death or brain damage); 2. cardiac and/or respiratory depression (reduction of the heart and/or breathing rate which can lead to hypoxia or anoxia); 3. brain damage; 4. mental retardation; 5. injury to body organs; 6. seizure disorders; 7. quadriplegia (paralysis of both arms and both legs); 8. paraplegia (paralysis of both legs); 9. spasticity (involuntary contraction of one or more muscles with associated loss of muscle function); 10. meconium aspiration (drawing of meconium, a fetal waste product sometimes present in the fluid surrounding the fetus, into the lungs of the unborn child); 11. broken bones; 12. death.