Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Thalidomide Phocomelia
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Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Thalidomide Phocomelia
The teratogenicity of thalidomide has been known since the early 1960s [1]. Thalidomide is currently used world wide, including the United States, to treat erythema nodosum leprosum, multiple myeloma, refractory Crohn’s disease, aphthous stomatitis and HIV wasting syndrome. New cases of thalidomide phocomelia are being reported as well. We report a case of the anesthetic challenges of a 23 year...
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عنوان ژورنال: Open Journal of Anesthesiology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 2164-5531,2164-5558
DOI: 10.4236/ojanes.2012.23014