Anesthetic management of an obstetric patient with MELAS syndrome: case report and literature review

International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 370-373

  Maurtua, M ^a   Torres, A ^a   Ibarra, V ^a   DeBoer, G ^a   Dolak, J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor analgesia and anesthesia; MELAS syndrome; Mitochondrial cytopathy; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; FENTANYL;

ACIDOSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MELAS SYNDROME; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; OBSTETRIC ANALGESIA; OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA, OBSTETRICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MELAS SYNDROME; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PROPOFOL;

EID: 51049100163     PISSN: 0959289X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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