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- Title
Anesthetic experience of frontotemporal dementia patient with severe autonomic dysfunction: -a case report-.
- Authors
Hyae-Jin Kim; Hyeon Jeong Lee; Do Won Lee; Jae Yeon Kim; Jae Young Kwon; Hae-Kyu Kim; Won-Sung Kim; Boo-Young Hwang
- Abstract
Anesthetic experience in frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with severe hypotension associated autonomic dysfunction has not yet been reported. Here in case, we report on the case of treatment with vasopressin to refractory hypotension in FTD patient. A 54-year-old male presented with a ten-year history of FTD with frequent syncope. The patient was scheduled to undergo subtotal gastrectomy for resection of stomach cancer. During the operation, sudden hypotension occurred and it was refractory to fluid and 1 unit of blood resuscitation and did not respond to catecholamine. Transesophageal echocardiography showed normal heart with adequate volume state. After intravenous administration of arginine vasopressin, the patient's vital signs returned to baseline values. Arginine vasopressin might be considered as a valuable alternative for treatment of severe refractory hypotension in autonomic dysfunction patients with FTD.
- Subjects
FRONTOTEMPORAL dementia; DYSAUTONOMIA; VASOPRESSIN; AUTONOMIC nervous system diseases
- Publication
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2017, Vol 70, Issue 3, p356
- ISSN
2005-6419
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4097/kjae.2017.70.3.356