title: An interesting perioperative rendezvous with a case of Henoch-Schonlein purpura.
abstract: Henoch-Schonlein purpura (HSP) is an autoimmune, multisystem, acute vasculitis of childhood commonly involving the skin, gut, joints and the kidneys. Fatal complications involving various systems can occur in this disease and careful perioperative management is advocated. We report here the occurrence of postoperative bradycardia and the successful perioperative management of a 12-year-old boy with HSP for diagnostic laparoscopy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Madhuri S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kurdi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Radhika S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Deva
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences, Hubli, Karnataka, India.
authors.forename: Kaushic A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Theerth
keywords: Anesthesia; Henoch-Schonlein purpura; bradycardia; perioperative management; steroids