Perioperative challenges in a patient of severe G6PD deficiency undergoing open heart surgery

Perioperative challenges in a patient of severe G6PD deficiency undergoing open heart surgery

We describe a successful perioperative management of a case of 38-year-old male, presented with chronic jaundice with severe mitral stenosis and moderate tricuspid regurgitation; upon evaluation, he was found to have severe glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency. Usually, patients defic...

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Main Authors: Vivek Chowdhry, Samarjit Bisoyi, Banabihari Mishra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Subjects:
Cardiopulmonary bypass
free radical injury
G6PD deficiency
mitral valve replacement
Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2012;volume=15;issue=1;spage=50;epage=53;aulast=Chowdhry

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