title: Anesthetic management for magnetic resonance imaging in a pediatric patient addicted to palm wine: An alcoholic beverage.
abstract: The incidence of drug and alcohol abuse is on rise despite increasing awareness and education about health hazards related to it. Anesthesiologist may come across patients with alcohol abuse in elective as well as emergency situations. We report a rare case of excessive requirement of anesthetics in a pediatric patient of only six years for MRI, addicted to palm wine, an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Monu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yadav
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: A Anand
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Ram
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Srikanth
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
authors.forename: Ramachandran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gopinath
keywords: Alcohol consumption; anesthetic agents; pediatrics