Anaesthetic management of a case of dilated cardiomyopathy for emergency appendectomy

The anesthetic management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) undergoing non-cardiac surgery poses a challenge for anesthesiologist either due to pre-existing or a risk of precipitating congestive heart failure. We report a successful use of combined spinal epidural for emergency appendic...

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Autores principales: Raj, Ravi, Kumar, Mritunjay, Batra, Meenu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886117
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.128925
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spelling pubmed-41735842014-10-22 Anaesthetic management of a case of dilated cardiomyopathy for emergency appendectomy Raj, Ravi Kumar, Mritunjay Batra, Meenu Anesth Essays Res Case Report The anesthetic management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) undergoing non-cardiac surgery poses a challenge for anesthesiologist either due to pre-existing or a risk of precipitating congestive heart failure. We report a successful use of combined spinal epidural for emergency appendicectomy in a patient of DCM. Different anesthetic concerns and agents, some recent advances are also discussed. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4173584/ /pubmed/25886117 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.128925 Text en Copyright: © Anesthesia: Essays and Researches http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4173584/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886117
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.128925
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