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Induction of anaesthesia with ketamine during an acute crisis of hereditary coproporphyria.

Abstract
An appendectomy operation was undertaken in a 29-year-old patient with signs of an acute crisis of hereditary coproporphyria. Anaesthetic induction with ketamine 75 mg IV was uneventful. The safety of ketamine in patients with coproporphyria is discussed.
AuthorsV Capouet, B Dernovoi, J S Azagra
JournalCanadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie (Can J Anaesth) Vol. 34 Issue 4 Pg. 388-90 (Jul 1987) ISSN: 0832-610X [Print] United States
PMID3608057 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Coproporphyrins
  • Ketamine
Topics
  • Adult
  • Anesthesia, Intravenous
  • Appendectomy
  • Coproporphyrins (metabolism)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Ketamine
  • Porphyrias (genetics)

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