Hemoglobin drop after anesthesia in craniosynstosis: Dilemma of operate or not to operate | Zendy

Nihal El-Ghandour | Zendy; Salah Kassem | Zendy; AbdelrahmanJ Al Sabbagh | Zendy; Ayman Al-Banyan | Zendy; FirasA Shubbak | Zendy; Ahmad Hassib | Zendy; Hazem Zaki | Zendy

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Hemoglobin drop after anesthesia in craniosynstosis: Dilemma of operate or not to operate

Author(s) -

Nihal El-Ghandour,

Salah Kassem,

AbdelrahmanJ Al Sabbagh,

Ayman Al-Banyan,

FirasA Shubbak,

Ahmad Hassib,

Hazem Zaki

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

anesthesia essays and researches

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 0259-1162

DOI - 10.4103/0259-1162.94792

Subject(s) - anesthesia , hemoglobin , medicine , dilemma , craniosynostosis , surgery , cranial vault , skull , philosophy , epistemology

An infant with craniosynostosis for craniectomy and cranial-vault remodelling was detected to have very low hemoglobin (6.8 gm%) after induction of anesthesia. This posed a dilemma whether to proceed with or abandon the surgical procedure. The case was postponed and was rescheduled for surgery one week later with hope that his hemoglobin would rise during this period. However, even before second anesthesia his hemoglobin level was found to be unchanged. Meticulous anesthesia management resulted in uneventful surgical procedure.

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