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An Addisonian crisis complicating anaesthesia
Author(s) -
SMITH M.G.,
BYRNE A.J.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1981.tb08780.x
Subject(s) - medicine , adrenal crisis , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , disease , throat , surgery , intensive care medicine , adrenal insufficiency
Summary A patient with Addison's disease required surgery having attempted suicide, by cutting his throat and wrist. He was also in an acute adrenal crisis, as a result of deliberately omitting his replacement steroid therapy. Urgent surgery was indicated and therefore anaesthesia was undertaken before the patient's adrenal crisis was fully controlled. The anaesthetic management is described.