General Anaesthesia for Cesarean Section in a Parturient with Long QT Syndrome: A Case Report and a Review of Literature
BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH, vol.15, no.2, 2017 (Peer-Reviewed Journal)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 15 Issue: 2
- Publication Date: 2017
- Doi Number: 10.9734/bjpr/2017/31699
- Journal Name: BRITISH JOURNAL OF PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH
- Keywords: Long QT syndrome, anesthesia, LANGE-NIELSEN-SYNDROME, T INTERVAL SYNDROME, SPINAL-ANESTHESIA, PROLONGATION, PATIENT, MANAGEMENT, PREGNANCY, JERVELL, SEVOFLURANE, INDUCTION
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Long QT syndrome patients are at high risk of developing ventricular arrhythmia and cardiac arrest, so that the anesthetic technique used for these patients must avoid anything that will induce an arrhythmia such as tachycardia, hypotension or increased catecholamine release by pain or stress.