Anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section in a patient with Gitelman syndrome

Gitelman syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive salt-losing disorder of renal tubules, which results in hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis. Associated hypomagnesaemia and hypocalcaemia are also seen. Gitelman syndrome is a variant of renal Bartter's syndrome. Anaesthetic management of these obstet...

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Main Authors: Sarath Venugopalan, Nitu Puthenveettil, Sunil Rajan, Jerry Paul
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2020-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2020;volume=64;issue=6;spage=524;epage=526;aulast=Venugopalan