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AI InsightIn this article a case of prolonged apnea after succinylcholine administration and pseudocholinesterase deficiency (serum level of pseudocholinesterase was 2587 IU/L, normal: 4000-12.000 IU/L) was reported.
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Abstract
A seventeen years old male was admitted with prolonged dyspnea, fever and left chest pain inspite of medical treatment. Under general anesthesia rigid bronchoscopy and thoracentesis was planned with the presumed diagnosis of bronchial carcinoma, pleural metastasis and mesothelioma. In this article a case of prolonged apnea after succinylcholine administration and pseudocholinesterase deficiency (serum level of pseudocholinesterase was 2587 IU/L, normal: 4000-12.000 IU/L) was reported.
Özet
Medikal tedaviye yanıt vermeyen, nefes darlığı, ateş ve sol yan ağrısı şikayetleri olan, 17 yaşında erkek olguya bronş karsinoma, plevral metastaz ve mezotelyoma ön tanılarıyla genel anestezi altında rijit bronkoskopi ve torasentez planlandı. Bu makalede, süksinilkolin uygulanımı sonrası uzamış apne gelişen ve psödokolinesteraz eksikliği (serum düzeyi 2587 IU/L, normal: 4000-12.000 lU/L) tespit edilen olgu sunulmuştur.