Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia
  • Year: 2015
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue: 1

Anaesthetic management of a diagnosed case of crigler-najjar syndrome posted for caesarean section

  • Author:
  • Mamta Khandelwal, Debojyoti Dutta, Samiksha Khanooja, Sunil Chauhan, Mohit Anand
  • Total Page Count: 4
  • Page Number: 70 to 73

Department of Anaesthesiology, SMS Medical College, Jaipur

*Corresponding Author Email: drmamtakhandelwal@gmail.com

Online published on 13 May, 2015.

Abstract

Crigler Najjar syndrome (CNS) is a rare disorder which affects the metabolism of bilirubin and clinically manifests as intense unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia without evidence of hemolysis. CNS-II in pregnant woman is a very rare condition and till now very little have been known about the maternal and foetal effect in this condition. We are presenting the anaesthetic management of a diagnosed case of Crigler – Najjar syndrome (CNS) 2 posted for emergency lower segment caesarean section (LSCS).