Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria

A 26 year old female with history of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) was scheduled for vaginal tear repair after delivering her first baby. Raised blood pressure during her antenatal period was safely treated with α-methyl dopa. Her preoperative examination revealed no symptoms suggestive of acut...

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Main Authors: Mahmood Ghazanwy, Kanta Meena, Stalin Vinayagam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-04-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184914000026
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spelling doaj-c17f946c007948438ae90dbff8a683372020-11-25T02:52:07ZengTaylor & Francis GroupEgyptian Journal of Anaesthesia1110-18492014-04-0130221121310.1016/j.egja.2014.01.001Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyriaMahmood GhazanwyKanta MeenaStalin VinayagamA 26 year old female with history of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) was scheduled for vaginal tear repair after delivering her first baby. Raised blood pressure during her antenatal period was safely treated with α-methyl dopa. Her preoperative examination revealed no symptoms suggestive of acute exacerbation of AIP. Anesthesia was induced with fentanyl and propofol, and a proseal laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was inserted and maintained with intermittent propofol and inhalation of isoflurane in nitrous oxide and oxygen. Her intraoperative and postoperative period remained uneventful.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184914000026Acute intermittent porphyriaHypertensionα-Methyl dopaPropofol
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author Mahmood Ghazanwy
Kanta Meena
Stalin Vinayagam
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Kanta Meena
Stalin Vinayagam
Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
Acute intermittent porphyria
Hypertension
α-Methyl dopa
Propofol
author_facet Mahmood Ghazanwy
Kanta Meena
Stalin Vinayagam
author_sort Mahmood Ghazanwy
title Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
title_short Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
title_full Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
title_fullStr Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
title_full_unstemmed Anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
title_sort anesthetic management of vaginal tear repair during early puerperium in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria
publisher Taylor & Francis Group
series Egyptian Journal of Anaesthesia
issn 1110-1849
publishDate 2014-04-01
description A 26 year old female with history of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP) was scheduled for vaginal tear repair after delivering her first baby. Raised blood pressure during her antenatal period was safely treated with α-methyl dopa. Her preoperative examination revealed no symptoms suggestive of acute exacerbation of AIP. Anesthesia was induced with fentanyl and propofol, and a proseal laryngeal mask airway (LMA) was inserted and maintained with intermittent propofol and inhalation of isoflurane in nitrous oxide and oxygen. Her intraoperative and postoperative period remained uneventful.
topic Acute intermittent porphyria
Hypertension
α-Methyl dopa
Propofol
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110184914000026
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