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Caesarean section in a patient with haemoglobin SC disease and a phaeochromocytoma
Author(s) -
PATTISON J.,
HARROPGRIFFITHS A. W.,
WHITLOCK J. E.,
ROBERTS J. C.
Publication year - 1990
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.1365-2044.1990.tb14630.x
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , surgery , anesthesia , pheochromocytoma , general anaesthesia , pregnancy , genetics , biology
Summary The anaesthetic management of a patient with haemoglobin SC disease for lower segment Caesarean section and excision of a phaeochromocytoma is described. The patient was given a general anaesthetic for the surgical procedure after exchange transfusion had achieved an haemoglobin A concentration of greater than 50%. A live infant was delivered and a suprarenal phaeochromocytoma was excised during a 6.5 hour procedure. The patient's postoperative recovery was uneventful.