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Anaesthetic implications of long term diabetic complications
Author(s) -
Jørgensen B. G.,
Holm H. E.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.1399-6576.1995.tb04120.x
Subject(s) - medicine , general anaesthesia , diabetes mellitus , anesthesia , surgery , regional anaesthesia , laryngoscopy , general anaesthetic , intubation , endocrinology
A case history in which a patient suffering from long‐term diabetes mellitus underwent vascular surgery of a lower extremity is presented. Anaesthesia was commenced with an epidural anaesthesia, but due to insufficient analgesia combined with a high thoracal block general anaesthesia was added. The course was complicated because of cardiomyopathy, autonomic neuropathy, difficult laryngoscopy, aspiration of gastric content, and acute renal failure. Anaesthetic implications of long‐term diabetes mellitus are discussed.