Unravelling the Convoluted Story of Perioperative Care in Three-year-old Child with Tetralogy of Fallot Undergoing Repair Surgery
Published: January 1, 2023 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2023/58065.17254
Aishwarya Nayak, Sanjot Ninave, Dhawal Wadaskar, Prasad Panbude, Amol Bele
1. Junior Resident, Department of Anaesthesia, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharastra, India.
2. Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharastra, India.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharastra, India.
4. Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharastra, India.
5. Assistant Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharastra, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Sanjot Ninave,
Professor, Department of Anaesthesia, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharastra, India.
E-mail: drsusann02@rediffmail.com
Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), one of the most prevalent cyanotic congenital heart diseases in children. Single step corrective surgery, early on in life, provides a fair expectation of favourable outcome in these individuals. However, complex, and skilled anaesthetic management is required by experienced team of healthcare providers. Preoperative surgical preparation, intraoperative key anaesthesia principles and postoperative care Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are all perioperative considerations in these patients. The present article reports challenges faced in the perioperative anaesthesic management of a 3-year-old male child having uncorrected TOF, who underwent Waterston shunt and later Intracardiac Repair (ICR). He presented with postoperative complication like cyanotic spell, gastrointenstinal bleeding, sepsis; but later, recovered successfully.
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