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Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a parturient with sjogren syndrome and scoping review
Shalvi Mahajan1, Aakriti Sharma2, Sanjay Kumar1, Komal Gandhi1
1 Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India
2 Department of Anaesthesia, Sawai Mann Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Dr. Shalvi Mahajan
Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, PGIMER, Chandigarh - 160 012
India
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DOI: 10.4103/JOACC.JOACC_115_21
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Sjogren syndrome is a slowly progressive autoimmune disease with lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands, peri-epithelial and extra-epithelial tissues. In light of better diagnostic modalities and improved treatment options, patients with Sjogren syndrome are now commonly encountered by anaesthetist for various surgeries. Here, we would like to describe an anaesthetic management of a parturient with bad obstetric history who was diagnosed with Sjogren syndrome and was planned for caesarean delivery. This article also reviewed anaesthetic problems faced due to inherent disease pathology and concurrent alterations in treatment modalities.
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