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Uneventful propofol anaesthesia in a patient with acute intermittent porphyria

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

E. E. Pazvanska ,
O. D. Hinkov  and
L. V. Stojnovska
E. E. Pazvanska
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
O. D. Hinkov
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
L. V. Stojnovska
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Abstract

A patient with acute intermittent porphyria was anaesthetized with propofol as part of general an-aesthesia for cholecystectomy. Post-operatively, no clinical sequelae resulted and urinary porphyrins did not exceed pre-operative values.

Keywords

anaestheticsintravenouspropofolcomplicationsporphyria
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 16 , Issue 7 , July 1999 , pp. 485 - 492
Copyright
1999 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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