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Pemphigus vulgaris: anaesthesia in the traumatized patient
Author(s) -
VATASHSKY E.,
ARONSON H. B.
Publication year - 1982
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.1365-2044.1982.tb01786.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ketamine , pemphigus vulgaris , anesthesia , airway , diazepam , tracheal tube , degloving , surgery , dermatology
Summary The anaesthetic management of a patient with pemphigus vulgaris who required eight anaesthetics over a 3‐month period, after sustaining closed fractures of both legs and degloving of one leg is described. The slow intravenous infusion of a ketamine/diazepam mixture and steroid therapy provided excellent peri‐operative conditions, without the need for the introduction of an airway or a tracheal tube.