Anesthetic management of the parturient with combined protein C and S deficiency

ABSTRACT

Protein S is a vitamin K dependent co-factor of protein C. Deficiency of Protein C and S results in a hypercoagulable state, which is treated with anticoagulation. This is the first report of a patient with combined protein C and S deficiency, who underwent a Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia in KRL Hospital Islamabad [Pakistan]