Open AccessAn interesting perioperative rendezvous with a case of Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Author(s) -
Madhuri S Kurdi,
Radhika S Deva,
Kaushic A Theerth
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
al-banǧ. maqālāt wa abḥāṯ fī al-taẖdīr wa-al-in’āš
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0259-1162
DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.143161
Subject(s) - medicine , henoch schonlein purpura , purpura (gastropod) , perioperative , vasculitis , dermatology , surgery , disease , ecology , biology
Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is an autoimmune, multisystem, acute vasculitis of childhood commonly involving the skin, gut, joints and the kidneys. Fatal complications involving various systems can occur in this disease and careful perioperative management is advocated. We report here the occurrence of postoperative bradycardia and the successful perioperative management of a 12-year-old boy with HSP for diagnostic laparoscopy.