Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an inherited disorder of the connective tissues caused by abnormalities in collagen formation. OI may present many challenges to the anesthesiologist. A literature review reveals a wide range of implications, from basic positioning to management of the difficult airwa...

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Main Authors: Vue, Elizabeth, Davila, Juan, Straker, Tracey
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940536/
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spelling pubmed-49405362016-07-18 Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta Vue, Elizabeth Davila, Juan Straker, Tracey Case Report Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an inherited disorder of the connective tissues caused by abnormalities in collagen formation. OI may present many challenges to the anesthesiologist. A literature review reveals a wide range of implications, from basic positioning to management of the difficult airway. We present the anesthetic management of a 25-year-old gravid woman with OI, fetal demise, and possible uterine rupture, admitted for an exploratory laparotomy. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2016 2016-06-28 /pmc/articles/PMC4940536/ /pubmed/27433164 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7429251 Text en Copyright © 2016 Elizabeth Vue et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Vue, Elizabeth
Davila, Juan
Straker, Tracey
spellingShingle Vue, Elizabeth
Davila, Juan
Straker, Tracey
Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta
author_facet Vue, Elizabeth
Davila, Juan
Straker, Tracey
author_sort Vue, Elizabeth
title Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta
title_short Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta
title_full Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta
title_fullStr Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta
title_full_unstemmed Anesthetic Management in a Gravida with Type IV Osteogenesis Imperfecta
title_sort anesthetic management in a gravida with type iv osteogenesis imperfecta
description Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is an inherited disorder of the connective tissues caused by abnormalities in collagen formation. OI may present many challenges to the anesthesiologist. A literature review reveals a wide range of implications, from basic positioning to management of the difficult airway. We present the anesthetic management of a 25-year-old gravid woman with OI, fetal demise, and possible uterine rupture, admitted for an exploratory laparotomy.
publisher Hindawi Publishing Corporation
publishDate 2016
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4940536/
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