[Epidural anesthesia and analgesia in the perioperative treatment of a patient with Kartagener syndrome].

Abstract

Kartagener's syndrome is an inherited disease characterized by a triad of symptoms--bronchiectasis, situs inversus and sinusitis--and is classified as an immotile cilia syndrome. Patients may experience specific airway problems when undergoing anesthesia for surgical procedures. We report the case of a woman with Kartagener's syndrome who underwent surgery under epidural anesthesia with postoperative epidural analgesia, both techniques proving successful.

• Authors: C L Errando, C Sifre, D López-Alarcón
• Journal: Revista espanola de anestesiologia y reanimacion (Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim) Vol. 45 Issue 10 Pg. 431-2 (Dec 1998) ISSN: 0034-9356 [Print] Spain
• Vernacular Title: Anestesia y analgesia epidurales en el tratamiento perioperatorio de una paciente con síndrome de Kartagener.
• PMID: 9927835 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article, Review)

Chemical References

• Analgesics, Opioid

Topics

• Analgesia, Epidural
• Analgesics, Opioid
• Anesthesia, Epidural
• Anesthesia, General
• Contraindications
• Female
• Hernia, Inguinal (complications, surgery)
• Humans
• Kartagener Syndrome (complications)
• Middle Aged
• Obesity (complications)
• Pain, Postoperative (drug therapy)
• Postoperative Complications (etiology, prevention & control)
• Respiration Disorders (etiology, prevention & control)
• Surgical Wound Dehiscence (surgery)