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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA
Volume 17, Issue 4, Pages 370-373Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijoa.2007.11.011
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MELAS syndromes; Mitochondrial cytopathy; Pregnancy; Labor analgesia and anesthesia
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Mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes (MELAS syndrome) is a mitochondrial disorder associated with neurologic, cardiac, neuromuscular, hepatic, metabolic and gastrointestinal dysfunction and potential anesthetic and obstetric complications. The case of a parturient with MELAS syndrome requiring labor analgesia is presented. A Medline literature search limited to the English language was undertaken to review cases of MELAS syndrome. Based on our experience and literature review, parturients with MELAS syndrome appear to benefit from neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia, which blunt excessive oxygen consumption and acidosis. (C) 2008 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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