title: Anesthetic management for cesarean section in a pregnant woman with impending acute liver failure--a case report.
abstract: Acute liver failure includes a constellation of clinical conditions resulting from rapid loss of hepatocyte function. The anesthesiologist may often be asked to anesthetize a patient with acute liver failure before the etiological entity of disease can be completely clarified. Most of the previous reports were concentrated in obstetric or hepatological periodicals. Reports about anesthesia for such patients are scanty. We present a case about a near term pregnant woman with a complication diagnosed as impending acute liver failure, who received total intravenous anesthesia for emergent cesarean section. Pros and cons of different anesthetic techniques for this condition are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, R.O.C.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Yeh
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Tsai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous / Q000379:methods*; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical / Q000379:methods*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000503:physiopathology*