Sugammadex and amino acid infusion can contribute to safe anesthetic management of variegate porphyria

Abstract Background Variegate porphyria (VP) is an inherited type of porphyria characterized by cutaneous manifestations and/or acute neurovisceral attacks. We report successful anesthetic management of VP. Case presentation A 66-year-old woman with VP was scheduled to undergo distal pancreatectomy...

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Main Authors: Yoshitaka Aoki, Kazuyuki Atsumi, Makiko Kora, Naoko Koh, Junichiro Yokoyama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-06-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-018-0187-9