metricas
covid
Buscar en
Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition)
Toda la web
Inicio Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition) Anesthetic management of pregnant women with skeletal dysplasia and short statur...
Journal Information
Share
Share
Download PDF
More article options
Case report
Pre-proof, online 16 December 2024
Anesthetic management of pregnant women with skeletal dysplasia and short stature: a case report
Manejo anestésico en gestantes con displasia esquelética y talla baja: a propósito de un caso
Á Barranco de Santiago, À Alandes-Gallego, I García-Rojas, B Tena, M Magaldi
Corresponding author
mmagaldi@clinic.cat

Corresponding author.
Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Terapéutica del Dolor Hospital Clínic de Barcelona. Universidad de Barcelona (UB). Barcelona, Spain
Highlights

  • Skeletal dysplasias involve major morphological changes.

  • General anaesthesia presents added risks of difficult intubation and early desaturation.

  • Spinal abnormalities cause difficulty in neuraxial techniques.

  • It is difficult to correctly titrate neuraxial anaesthesia in this population.

  • Preoperative anaesthesia evaluation and good planning is the key to success.

Article information
Abstract

Skeletal dysplasias and short stature are a heterogeneous group of pathologies in which achondroplasia is the most common presentation. The presence of bone deformities leads to thoracic and airway changes that can complicate ventilation and airway management. Most individuals with skeletal dysplasia present spinal abnormalities that increase the difficulty of administering neuraxial anaesthesia. In pregnant patients, physiological and anatomical changes further complicate obstetric and anaesthesia management.

We report the case of a patient with skeletal dysplasia and short stature who was admitted to our hospital in week 34.3 of her pregnancy due to labour and respiratory difficulties. It was decided to perform an emergency caesarean section due to the disproportionate size of the foetal head with respect to the pelvis. We also review the different anaesthesia techniques described in the literature, and discuss their potential advantages and difficulties.

Keywords:
pregnancy
achondroplasia
skeletal dysplasia
difficult airway
short stature
complications
Resumen

Las displasias esqueléticas con talla baja representan un grupo heterogéneo de patologías, siendo la acondroplasia la más frecuente. La presencia de deformidades óseas determina alteraciones torácicas y de vía aérea que pueden dificultar su abordaje y ventilación. Asimismo, la mayoría presentan alteraciones vertebrales que dificultan las técnicas neuroaxiales. En el caso de la paciente embarazada, se suman alteraciones fisiológicas y anatómicas que pueden complicar aún más el manejo obstétrico y anestésico.

Se presenta el caso de una gestante de 34.3 semanas con displasia esquelética y talla baja que ingresa en nuestro hospital por trabajo de parto y alteraciones respiratorias, decidiendo finalización mediante cesárea urgente ante la desproporción entre el tamaño pelviano y cabeza fetal. Se realiza además una revisión de las diferentes técnicas anestésicas descritas en la literatura, con sus potenciales ventajas y dificultades asociadas.

Palabras clave:
gestación
acondroplasia
displasia esquelética
vía aérea difícil
talla baja
complicaciones

Article

These are the options to access the full texts of the publication Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition)
Subscriber
Subscriber

If you already have your login data, please click here .

If you have forgotten your password you can you can recover it by clicking here and selecting the option “I have forgotten my password”
Subscribe
Subscribe to

Revista Española de Anestesiología y Reanimación (English Edition)

Purchase
Purchase article

Purchasing article the PDF version will be downloaded

Price 19.34 €

Purchase now
Contact
Phone for subscriptions and reporting of errors
From Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (GMT + 1) except for the months of July and August which will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Calls from Spain
932 415 960
Calls from outside Spain
+34 932 415 960
E-mail
Article options
es en pt

¿Es usted profesional sanitario apto para prescribir o dispensar medicamentos?

Are you a health professional able to prescribe or dispense drugs?

Você é um profissional de saúde habilitado a prescrever ou dispensar medicamentos