title: Anesthetic management in a patient with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome for laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
abstract: Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome is an electrophysiological disorder of heart. Patients with such disorder may be asymptomatic or present with cardiac symptoms like palpitation and dyspnea. These patients may present with serious cardiac complication like atrial fibrillation and PSVT intraoperatively. We report a case of a 30-year-old female with WPW syndrome posted for laparoscopic cholecystectomy under general anesthesia. We took all the precautions necessary to avoid tachycardia and arranged drugs necessary to treat any complications together with stringent monitoring which is very important for favorable outcome in these patients. Management of the case offers an opportunity to relearn the important considerations on WPW syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Dr. RMLH and PGIMER, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anurag
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Dr. RMLH and PGIMER, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Jyoti
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Dr. RMLH and PGIMER, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Neerja
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Banerjee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Dr. RMLH and PGIMER, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sood
keywords: General anesthesia; tachycardia; wolff-parkinson-white syndrome