Anaesthesia for Kartagener's syndrome.
Kartagener's syndrome is a hereditary syndrome involving a combination of dextrocardia (situs inversus), bronchiectasis and sinusitis, transmitted as an autosomal recessive trait. We describe a patient who had three anaesthetics over a period of a few months. Discussion relates to anaesthetic considerations in the syndrome and to recent findings relating to the molecular mechanisms of left-right development.
Reidy
J
J
Dunkeld Anaesthetic Practice, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Sischy
S
S
Barrow
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D000328:Adult; D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D003914:Dextrocardia / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007619:Kartagener Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology; D011183:Postoperative Complications