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Anaesthetic management of Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome with coexisting congenital methaemoglobinaemia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16146483     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A 9-year-old cyanosed child suffering from Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome with bilateral pulmonary arteriovenous malformations (PAVMs) was posted for cerebral angiography under general anaesthesia. Careful preanaesthetic evaluation led to the diagnosis of coexisting congenital methaemoglobinaemia. There is no previous report of Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome coexisting with congenital methaemoglobinaemia. This report emphasizes that a second contributory cause of cyanosis must be suspected and meticulously looked for if the symptomatology in a patient cannot be explained by a single established diagnosis. Positive-pressure ventilation was associated with reduction in arterial oxygenation despite an increasing inspired oxygen concentration, which returned to preanaesthetic levels only after extubation and resumption of spontaneous respiration.
Authors:
D Sharma; M P Pandia; P K Bithal
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica     Volume:  49     ISSN:  0001-5172     ISO Abbreviation:  Acta Anaesthesiol Scand     Publication Date:  2005 Oct 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-09-08     Completed Date:  2005-12-15     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0370270     Medline TA:  Acta Anaesthesiol Scand     Country:  Denmark    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1391-4     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Neuroanaesthesiology, Neurosciences Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anesthesia*
Anesthesia, General
Blood Gas Analysis
Cerebral Angiography
Child
Consanguinity
Cyanosis / complications
Hemodynamics
Humans
Lung / radiography
Male
Methemoglobinemia / complications*,  congenital*
Telangiectasia, Hereditary Hemorrhagic / complications*

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