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Suxamethonium apnoea associated with pregnancy and liver dysfunction in a treated cretin
Author(s) -
FERGUSON ANN,
WHITTAKER MARY,
BRITTEN JUDITH J.,
PERRISS B. W.
Publication year - 1983
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.1365-2044.1983.tb14069.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , cholinesterase , eclampsia , pediatrics , genetics , biology
Summary A patient, with a history of cretinism, who developed suxamethonium apnoea as a consequence of a reduction in plasma cholinesterase activity secondary to the concurrence of pregnancy and liver dysfunction associated with pre‐eclampsia is reported. The patient had a normal phenotype for plasma cholinesterase.