CABG in a patient recovering from dengue fever.
Dengue fever (DF) is the most common and widespread arbovirus infection worldwide. It is endemic in the tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world especially in Southeast Asia, the Pacific, East and West Africa, the Caribbean and South America with cyclical epidemics. Major epidemics of DF have occurred in India and Southeast Asia in the last two decades. We have outlined the anaesthetic management of a 64-year-old man with DF who needed urgent Coronary artery Bypass graft surgery.
Rawat
S K S
SK
Department of Anaesthesia and Cardiac Surgery, Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, New Delhi.
Mehta
Yatin
Y
Yaseen
Taha
T
Sharma
Jeetender
J
Kohli
Vijay
V
Trehan
Naresh
N
D000768:Anesthesia, General; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D003715:Dengue / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D007387:Internal Mammary-Coronary Artery Anastomosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged