Tag: Anesthesia in Gilberts Syndrome
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Anesthesia (Intubation) in a Gilbert’s Syndrome Patient
Gilbert’s syndrome, caused by relative deficiency of glucuronyl transferase is the commonest cause of congenital hyperbilirubinemia -Jaundice. It is important for the anesthesiologist to understand conditions leading to decreased glucuronosyl transferase activity in Gilbert’s syndrome patients to be submitted to anesthesia, to prevent intraoperative toxicity. GA intubation in such a patient who under goes nasal…
