Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Pivot Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Target Concepts:
Gene/Protein
Disease
Symptom
Drug
Enzyme
Compound
Query: UMLS:C0000727 (
acute abdomen
)
3,084
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
The most important facts for the anesthesiologist about porphyria are presented on the basis of an own case. The
acute abdomen
with unusual accompanying symptoms (tachycardia, neurologic and psychic disorders) should rise suspicion of possible porphyria. The clinical diagnosis is most important for the anesthesiologist, because barbiturates may cause fatalities in 50% of the cases.
Halothane
should be avoided, too. Every suspected case should be carefully investigated including the family. The symptomatic therapy of the severe porphyria-attack is presented in short.
...
PMID:[Porphyria and anesthesia. A case report and a short review (author's transl)]. 95 35
