Prolonged muscle weakness following general anesthesia in a parturient on combined antiretroviral therapy - a case report
Middle East Journal of Anesthesiology. 2007; 19 (3): 673-678
in English
| IMEMR
| ID: emr-84531
ABSTRACT
We report a case of an otherwise healthy; ambulatory 32 year old parturient on combined antiretroviral therapy that developed prolonged muscle weakness needing postoperative artificial ventilation. Despite no preoperative indication of muscle weakness, she developed respiratory insufficiency following general anesthesia with drugs that are deemed safe for her condition. After ruling out all the likely causes for her respiratory insufficiency that needed 12 hrs of artificial ventilation, we address the issue of undiagnosed preoperative muscle weakness as a likely cause for her problem. The role of a preoperative neurological evaluation to caution the anesthesiologist of the likelihood of a possible need for prolonged artificial ventilation following general anesthesia in this subgroup of patients, emphasized
Search on Google
Index:
IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Postoperative Complications
/
Respiration, Artificial
/
HIV Infections
/
Cesarean Section
/
Muscle Weakness
/
Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Female
/
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Middle East J. Anesthesiol.
Year:
2007
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS