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Query: UMLS:C0162671 (
MELAS
)
587
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (
MELAS syndrome
) is a mitochondrial disorder associated with neurologic, cardiac, neuromuscular, hepatic, metabolic and
gastrointestinal dysfunction
and potential anesthetic and obstetric complications. The case of a parturient with
MELAS syndrome
requiring labor analgesia is presented. A Medline literature search limited to the English language was undertaken to review cases of
MELAS syndrome
. Based on our experience and literature review, parturients with
MELAS syndrome
appear to benefit from neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia, which blunt excessive oxygen consumption and acidosis.
...
PMID:Anesthetic management of an obstetric patient with MELAS syndrome: case report and literature review. 1869 68
