Open AccessPostoperative Ventilatory Failure in an Obese, Myopathic Woman with Periodic Somnolence: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Kentaro Tsueda,
K. Shibutani,
Martin Lefkowitz
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1213/00000539-197507000-00026
Subject(s) - medicine , somnolence , myotonic dystrophy , apnea , respiratory failure , periodic breathing , anesthesia , surgery , pediatrics , adverse effect
An obese woman with periodic sommolence developed postoperative ventilatory problems following an uncomplicated cholecystectomy. A severe myopathic process involving the respiratory muscles was found at necropsy. A brother, who died a week later, had myotonic dystrophy.