title: Perioperative considerations in patients with Gitelman syndrome: a case series.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine the perioperative considerations for low-risk and high-risk surgery in patients with Gitelman syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective chart review.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-affiliated medical center.
  
  
  METHODS
  42 patients with Gitelman syndrome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Of the 42 patients with Gitelman syndrome, 5 underwent procedures requiring anesthesia: mastectomy, spinal fusion, thyroidectomy, tonsillectomy, and bronchoscopy. The anesthesia record and all associated laboratory tests and clinical notes associated with those procedures were recorded.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No acute electrolyte abnormalities or postoperative complications occurred with these procedures in patients with Gitelman syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Gitelman syndrome is a mild disorder when appropriately managed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Joel D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Farmer
authors.forename: Gurinder M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Vasdev
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Martin
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D053579:Gitelman Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019990:Perioperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods