Is homocystinuria a real challenge for anesthetist? Are we making a difference?

Blood glucose level was measured every 4 hourly and routine medications were continued. In operating room, monitoring for electrocardiogram, noninvasive blood pressure, and oxygen saturation were applied. Nitrous oxide was avoided, it increases homocysteine levels by inhibiting methionine synthase a...

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Published inSaudi journal of anaesthesia Vol. 12; no. 1; pp. 172 - 173
Main Authors Slote, Muhammad, Khan, Karima, Khan, Ausaf, Butt, Mohsin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published India Wolters Kluwer India Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2018
Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd
Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd
Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
Subjects
Anesthesia
Anesthesiology
Cysteine
Health risk assessment
Homocysteine
Hospitals
Hypoglycemia
Letters to Editor
Nitrous oxide
Thrombosis
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Summary:Blood glucose level was measured every 4 hourly and routine medications were continued. In operating room, monitoring for electrocardiogram, noninvasive blood pressure, and oxygen saturation were applied. Nitrous oxide was avoided, it increases homocysteine levels by inhibiting methionine synthase and is associated with postoperative morbidity and mortality.
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ISSN:1658-354X
0975-3125
DOI:10.4103/sja.SJA_274_17