Masui. The Japanese journal of anesthesiology
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Case Reports
[Anesthetic Management for Endoscopic Sinus Surgery in a Patient with Transplanted Heart--A Case Report].
A 19-year-old male patient with transplanted heart received endoscopic sinus surgery. He was with X-linked dilated cardiomyopathy, and was one year after the transplantation. Preanesthetic study showed lactate dehydrogenase elevation estimated to have derived from striated muscle. ⋯ No inotropic agent was administered. He was discharged from the hospital 5 days after the operation without any complications. We used usual anesthetic management but we had to be careful about both denervated heart and myopathy.
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We describe a case of anaphylaxis that occurred in a 33-year-old gravida 1, para 1 term woman scheduled for cesarean delivery for breech presentation. Her past history was unremarkable except for orciprenaline allergy. Spinal anesthesia was performed at L3-4 using 2.5 ml of 0.5% hyperbaric bupivacaine and 0.1 mg morphine. ⋯ The baby's electroencephalogram, however, demonstrated a pattern consistent with mild hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy. Lymphocyte stimulation test revealed that she was allergic to bupivacaine. If maternal hypotension persists, i.m. or i.v. adrenaline should be administered immediately because maternal hypotension and hypoxemia may cause significant fetal morbidity and mortality and prompt cesarean section should be considered.