Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (Jan 2015)

Delayed Recovery from Anaesthesia in a Patient with Optimised Hypothyroidism and Incidental Hypokalemia

  • Preeti More,
  • Vandana V Laheri,
  • Tejasi Waigankar,
  • Charchill Wagh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2015/10088.5410
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. UD06 – UD07

Abstract

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Delayed recovery/awakening/ emergence can occur under anaesthesia and is multifactorial, could be drug or non drug related. Similarly, we report a case of delayed recovery in a 68-year-old patient, for laparoscopic cholecystectomy, a known case of hypertension, bronchial asthma and hypothyroidism. Preoperatively, she was optimised for her medical disorders; however, she had delayed recovery from general anaesthesia. The delayed recovery, often, would be expected in a case of hypothyroidism, however in our patient it was found to be associated with inadvertent hypokalemia.

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