title: Anaesthetic management of a case of dilated cardiomyopathy for emergency appendectomy.
abstract: The anesthetic management of a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) undergoing non-cardiac surgery poses a challenge for anesthesiologist either due to pre-existing or a risk of precipitating congestive heart failure. We report a successful use of combined spinal epidural for emergency appendicectomy in a patient of DCM. Different anesthetic concerns and agents, some recent advances are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
authors.forename: Ravi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Raj
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, Govind Ballabh Pant Hospital, J.L.N. MARG, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Mritunjay
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, B.L. Kapoor Superspeciality Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Meenu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Batra
keywords: Anesthesia; combined spinal epidural; dilated cardiomyopathy; levosimendan; xenon