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- Title
Perioperative concerns in a patient with suspected Creutzfeldt - Jakob disease: A case report and review of literature.
- Authors
THANGAVEL, KATHIRAVAN; SAWHNEY, CHHAVI; BANDYOPADHYAY, ANJISHNUJIT
- Abstract
A case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a rare prion disease, posted for surgery is a clinically challenging scenario for an anesthesiologist. In addition to weighing in the consequences of using general versus neuraxial anesthesia for a patient of such a progressive neurodegenerative disorder, the anesthesiologist must also meticulously plan and institute a robust infection control protocol, keeping in mind that prion diseases are transmissible and highly resistant to the standard sterilization process. We hereby report the successful anesthetic management of a 57-year-old patient with suspected CJD presented with intertrochanteric fracture femur for closed reduction and internal fixation and also review the existing literature regarding the anesthetic management of a definite or suspected case of CJD.
- Subjects
LITERATURE reviews; PRION diseases; CREUTZFELDT-Jakob disease; INFECTION control; FEMORAL fractures
- Publication
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2024, Vol 18, Issue 1, p120
- ISSN
1658-354X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/sja.sja_503_23