PITUITARY GLAND DISORDERS AND ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT PRESENTER : DR UNNIKRISHNAN P. COORDINATOR : DR MAYA MODERATORS: DR JAYAKUMAR DR RAVI
Dec 19, 2014
PITUITARY GLAND DISORDERS AND
ANESTHETIC MANAGEMENT
PRESENTER : DR UNNIKRISHNAN P.COORDINATOR : DR MAYA
MODERATORS: DR JAYAKUMAR DR RAVI
.BASICS HYPO PITUITARISM
TUMORSTRANS
SPHENOIDAL SX
DI /SIADH
WE HAVE TO
• optimize the patient undergoing the surgery
WE HAVE TO
• take care of the patient perioperatively
ANATOMY
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SOMATOTROPES 50%MAMMOTROPES 25%CORTICOTROPES 15%THYROTROPES 10%GONADOTROPES 10%NULL CELLS
GHPROLACTINACTHTSHLH & FSHINERT
ANATOMY
ANATOMY
CONTROL OF PITUITARY FUNCTION
.CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE
THYROTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE
GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING HORMONE
GROWTH HORMONE INHIBITING HORMONE[SOMATOSTATIN]
GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE
PROLACTING INHIBITING HORMONE
↑ACTH
↑TSH & PROLACTIN
↑GH
↓GH &TSH
↑LH & FSH
↓PROLACTIN
DISORDERS OF PITUITARY FUNCTION
HYPOPITUITARISM
AETIOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL: KALLMANN SYNDROME
TRAUMATIC: SURGERY RADIATION HEAD INJURY
NEOPLASM : PITUITARY ADENOMA CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA RATHKE’S CYST METASTASIS
INFILTRATORY / INFLAMMATORY : SARCOIDOSIS
VASCULAR : PITUITARY APOPLEXY SHEEHANS SYNDROME
INFECTION
CLINICAL FEATURES
GH LH&FSH ACTH
TSH PL,VP
CLINICAL FEATURES
COMA• HYPOGLYCEMIA/WATER INTOXICATION /HYPOTHERMIA
TUMOR COMPRESSION• HEADACHE VISUAL FIELD DEFECTS
LAB DIAGNOSIS
• P R I N C I P L E :• DEMONSTRATE LOW LEVELS OF
TROPIC HORMONES IN THE SETTING OF LOW TARGET HORMONE LEVELS..
LAB DIAGNOSIS
HORMONE TESTSGROWTH HORMONE INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST, GHRH
TEST, L-DOPA TEST
PROLACTIN TRH TEST
ACTH INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST METYRAPONE TEST , ACTH STIMULATION TEST
LH/FSH GnRH TEST
COMBINED ANTERIOR PITUITARY TEST
TREATMENT
DEFICIENCY REPLACEMENT
ACTH HYDROCORTISONE 10-20 MG AM 5-10 MG PM
TSH L-THYROXINE 0.075-0.15 MG DAILY
FSH / LH males TESTOSTERONE ENANTHATE 200MG IM EVERY 2 WEEKS
females CONJUGATED OESTROGEN 0.65-1.25MG QD X 25 DAYS
GH SOMATOTROPIN 0.1-1.25 MG SC QD
VASOPRESSIN INTRANASAL VASOPRESSIN 5-20µG BD
STEROID REPLACEMENT
CURRENTLY TAKING STEROID
<10 MG QD[PREDNISOLONE]
ASSUME NORMAL HPA AXIS
ADDITIONAL STEROID COVER NOT REQUIRED
>10MG QD MINOR SURGERY
25MG HYDROCORT. AT INDUCTION
MODERATE SURGERY
USUAL PREOP.DOSE + 25MG HYDROCORT. AT INDUCTION + 100MG/ DAY FOR 24 HRS
MAJOR SURGERY
USUAL PREOPERATIVE STEROID + 25 MG HYDROCORTISONE AT INDUCTION +100MG/DAY X 48-72 H
HIGH DOSE
GIVE SAME
STOPPED
< 3 MS TREAT AS IF ON STEROIDS
>3 MS NO PERIOP. STEROID
STEROID SUPPLIMENTATION[Miller/7/e]
SURGERY HYDROCORTISONE
MAJOR 200 MG/DAY PER 70 KG
MINOR 100 MG/DAY PER 70 KG
DECREASE THE DOSE BY 25%/DAY UNTIL ORAL FEEDS START, THEN USUAL MAINTENANCE DOSE
PITUITARY TUMOURS
TYPES• ADENOMAS ARE THE COMMONEST
CAUSE OF ABNORMAL ENDOCRINE PITUITARY FUNCTION
• 10-15% OF ALL INTRACRANIAL TUMORS• MOST ARE BENIGN; 50% PROLACTINOMAs
CELL TYPE HORMONE SYNDROME
LACTOTROPE PROLACTIN HYPOGONADISMGALACTORRHOEA
GONADOTROPE FSH / LH HYPOGONADISM
SOMATOTROPE GH ACROMEGALYGIGANTISM
CORTICOTROPE ACTH CUSHINGS DISEASE
EFFECTS
IMPACTED STRUCTURE CLINICAL IMPACT
PITUITARY HORMONAL IMBALANCE
OPTIC CHIASMA VISUAL FIELD ABNORMALITIESOPTIC /OCULOMOTOR
HYPOTHALAMUS TEMPERATURE DYSREGULATIONAPPETITE/THIRST DISORDERSOBESITY DIABETES INSIPIDUS
CAVERNOUS SINUS OPHTHALMOPLEGIA
FRONTAL LOBE PERSONALITY DISORDER
BRAIN HEADACHE HYDROCEPHALUSEPILEPSY
EVALUATION AND DIAGNOSIS IN GENERAL
BASAL PROLACTIN LEVELS, TFT
HIGH QUALITY MRI
OPHTHALMIC EVALUATION NECESSARY
TREATMENT : DEPENDS ON TUMOR
SURGERY /RADIATION/MEDICAL
Craniopharyngiomas
• are benign, suprasellar cystic masses that present with headaches, visual field deficits, and variable degrees of hypopituitarism. They are derived from Rathke's pouch and arise near the pituitary stalk
RATHKE’S CYSTS
• Developmental failure of Rathke's pouch obliteration may lead to Rathke's cysts
• compressive symptoms, diabetes insipidus, and hyperprolactinemia due to stalk compression
ACTH SECRETING TUMORS
CLINICAL CONDITION RESULTING FROM INCREASED ACTH SECRETION BY PITUITARY ADENOMA-”CUSHINGS DISEASE”
MOST ARE MICROADENOMAS
MORE IN WOMEN
EARLY DIAGNOSIS
ACTH SECRETING TUMORSMOONS FACE BUFFALO OBESITYPROXIMAL MYOPATHY OSTEOPOROSIS VERTEBRAL COLLAPSESTRIAE HIRSUITISM ACNEDIABETES HYPERTENSION LVHHYPERNATREMIA HYPOKALEMIA ALKALOSISOSASGERDRENAL STONE MENTAL DISTURBANCE
ACTH SECRETING TUMORS
DIFFERENCE FROM ECTOPIC ACTH PRODUCING TUMORS: SLOW ONSET, HYPOKALEMIA LESS INTENSE,HIGH DOSE STEROID CAN SUPPRESS CORTISOL SECRETION UNLIKE AS IN ECTOPIC PRODUCTION OF CORTISOL
ACTH SECRETING TUMORS
DIAGNOSIS
URINARY FREE CORTISOL
HIGH DOSE DEXAMETHASONE SUPPRESSION TEST [2MG Q6H X 48h]
CRH TEST EXAGGERATED RESPONSE
ACTH UNDETECTABLE10-100 ng/L>200 ng/L
ADRENAL TUMORPITUITARY DEPENDENTECTOPIC ACTH SECRETION
ACTH SECRETING TUMORS
TREATMENT
SURGERY-CURATIVE IN <80%
PRETREATMENT WITH METYRAPONE/BETACONAZOLE REVERSES EFFECTS OF EXCESS CORTISOL AND DECREASE PERIOPERATIVE MORBIDITY
ACTH SECRETING TUMORS PERIOPERATIVE CONCERNS
BLEED EASILY
TENDS TO HAVE HIGH CVP
PROPER Rx OF HTN AND DM
ENSURE NORMAL INTRAVASCULAR VOLUME & ELECTROLYTES
OSTEOPENIAHIGH CHANCE OF FRACTURES CAREFUL POSITIONING
IMMUNOSUPPRESSION / INFECTION
PROLACTINOMAS
>50% OF FUNCTIONING TUMOURSMAJORITY ARE MICROADENOMAMORE IN WOMEN [90%]2º AMENORRHOEA,
INFERTILITY,GALACTORRHOEAMACROADENOMA MORE IN MENPRESSURE EFFECTS MAIN SYMPTOMPROLACTIN >400 mU/ L
PROLACTINOMAS:RxM E D I C A LFIRST LINE;CURATIVE IN UPTO 95%CABERGOLINE [LONG ACTING]BROMOCRIPTINE [SHORT ACTING]S U R G I C A LONLY IF DOPAMINE
RESISTANCE/SIDE EFFECTSINVASIVE ADENOMA,
COMPROMISING VISION
ACROMEGALY
GH GH GH everywhere…
GH hyper secretion from a pituitary macroadenoma
If occurs before epiphyseal fusion Gigantism
After epiphyseal fusionAcromegaly
Clinical FeaturesFACE
HANDS&FEET
MOUTH&TONGUE
SOFT TISSUESKELETAL
CVS
ENDOCRINEOTHERS
INCREASE IN SIZE OF SKULL AND SUPRAORBITAL RIDGESENLARGED MANDIBLE *large blade*INCREASE IN SPACING BETWEEN TEETH MALOCCLUSSIONSPADE SHAPED CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROMEINCREASED HAND AND FOOT SIZE *SpO2 probe*MACROGLOSSIA ,THICKENED PERI EPIGLOTTIC FOLDS AND LARYNGEAL SOFT TISSUES SMALL LARYNGEAL APERTURE *difficult laryngoscopy* OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNOEATHICK SKIN DOUGH LIKE FEEL TO PALMVERTEBRAL ENLARGEMENT KYPHOSISOSTEOPOROSISHYPERTENSION CARDIOMEGALY LV DYSFUNCTIONIMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE, DIABETESARTHROPATHY, PROXIMAL MYOPATHYTHYROID ENLARGEMENT *tracheal compression*RLN PALSY
DIAGNOSIS
24 H GROWTH HORMONE LEVELS
ELEVATED S.IGF LEVELS
ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST
FAILURE OF GROWTH HORMONE SUPPRESSION TO TO <1µG/L WITHIN 1-2 HRS OF AN ORAL GLUCOSE LOAD 75G
TREATMENT
SURGICAL RESECTION [cure rate upto 70%]Soft tissue swelling improvesGH level returns to normalIGF-1 levels normalisedComplication : hypopituitarism ,recurrence
TREATMENT
MEDICALDopamine agonists: Bromocriptine, CabergolineSomatostatin Analogues: Octreotide ,Lanreotide
preoperative shrinkageGH receptor antagonist : Pegvisomant
PRE ANESTHETIC CHECK-UPDETAILED & CAREFUL AIRWAY ASSESSMENTINDIRECT LARYNGOSCOPYOSAS : SNORING , DAYTIME SLEEPINESSCENTRAL RESPIRATORY DEPRESSIONPERIOPERATIVE AIRWAY COMPROMISE : RISK OF DEATH IS 3 FOLD HIGHHYPERTENSION : ARRHYTHMIAS,CCF CHECK ANTIHYPERTENSIVESLV DYSFUNCTIONDIABETES MELLITUS [IN 50%]VISUAL FUNCTIONRAISED ICPHORMONAL FUNCTION: CHECK RECENT REPORTS / OPTIMIZE
SURGERY
APPROACHES
TRANS SPHENOIDAL
TRANS ETHMOIDAL
TRANS CRANIAL
WHY TRANSSPHENOIDAL APPROACH
RAPID ACCESS
LESS TRAUMA,
LESS BLEEDING
LESS COMPLICATIONS
OTHER APPROACHES
TRANS FRONTAL : IF SUPRASELLAR EXTENSION / POSTOP SEIZURES
PTERIONAL CRANIOTOMY
TRANSCRANIAL : IF SMALL SPHENOID;S/E HIGH CHANCE OF HYPOPITUITARISM
REMEMBER TO GIVE..
HYDROCORTISONE 100 MG• .
PROPHYLACTIC ANTIBIOTICS• .
ACCESSING THE AIRWAY… BAG & MASK VENTILATION: MAY NEED OROPHARYNGEAL AIRWAY
4 GRADES OF AIRWAY INVOLVEMENT
GRADE 3 & 4 : TRACHEOSTOMY
FIBREOPTIC LARYNGOSCOPY
GRADE 1 NO SIGNIFICANT INVOLVEMENT
GRADE 2 NASAL & PHARYNGEAL MUCOSA HYPERTROPHY
GRADE 3 GLOTTIC STENOSIS / VOCAL CORD PARESIS
GRADE 4 2&3 i.e. GLOTTIC & SOFT TISSUE INVOLVEMENT
SO BE READY WITH……• LARGER FACE MASKS• LONG BLADED LARYNGOSCOPS• ILMA• FIBREOPTIC LARYNGOSCOPE IF AVAILABLE• TRACHEOSTOMY SET• N.B.NASAL INTUBATION HAZARDOUS IF
PREVIOUS TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY HAS BEEN DONE
POST INTUBATION
LUMBAR DRAIN IF SUPRASELLAR EXTENSION
10 ML ALIQUOTES OF .9% SALINE SUPRASELLAR PART PROLAPSES INTO FIELD
PACK THE MOUTH AND POSTERIOR PHARYNX
↓LARYNGOSPASM ↓PONVPOSITION TUBE TO ALLOW ACCESS TO THE INCISION SITE
TRANSSPHENOIDAL ROUTEENT SURGEON WILL ASSIST NEUROSURGEON
XYLOMETAZOLINE SAFER FOR PREPARATION OF NASAL MUCOSA
SUPINE
MODERATE DEGREE HEAD UP / CAUTION:IF >15º
HEAD SLIGHTLY TURNED {CAUTION : NECK VEINS ? OBSTRUCTION}
SURGEON BEHIND THE HEAD OR TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT
ETT & BAINS CIRCUIT AWAY FROM FIELD
C-ARM : WEAR LED APRON
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INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD
.EFFECT OF AGENTS ON SECRETION OF HORMONES NOT A BIG CONCERN
↑ ICP : ? TIVA BETTER ? AVOID NITROUS OXIDE
SHORT ACTING AGENTS HASTEN RECOVERY AT END { PROPOFOL, SEVOFLURANE ETC}
VENTILATE TO NORMOCAPNOEA
PERIODS OF INTENSE STIMULATION : SHORT ACTING OPIOID
PATIENT SHOULD NOT WAKE UP WITH PAIN ? IV MORPHINE 20’ BEFORE ENDB/L MAXILLARY NERVE BLOCK PREVENT HYPERTENSIVE RESPONSE DURING GA
EXAGGERATED RESPONSE TO EPINEPHRINE [ WITHOUT HALOTHANE]
TEMPERATURE DYSREGULATION
HYPOGLYCEMIA
ABNORMAL ENDOCRINE FUNCTION
CHANCE OF CAROTID ARTERY INJURY
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MONITORS
VEP:HIGH FALSE +/-
ETCO2
ECG SpO2
VAE
IBP
COMPLICATIONS
TRANS SPHENOIDAL
TRANS CRANIAL
INJURY TO CAROTIDINJURY TO PONS
FRONTAL LOBE ISCHEMIC DAMAGEINJURY TO OPTIC CHIASMAPOST OP SEIZURES [SUBFRONTAL]ANOSMIA
EXTUBATION
RAPID & SMOOTH EMERGENCE NEEDED FOR NEUROLOGICAL ASSESSMENTSUCTION UNDER DIRECT VISIONREMOVE THROAT PACK ; BUT DON’T DISLODGE NASAL PACKS & STENTSRETURN OF RESPIRATION,LARYNGEAL REFLEXES OBEYING TO VERBAL COMMANDSEXTUBATION
Postoperative concerns….
AIRWAY
BLOOD IN ORO AND NASOPHARYNX
NASAL PACKS
PREDISPOSITION TO AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION
NASAL CPAP CANT BE APPLIED
NARCOTICS WITH CAUTION
Post operative concerns… ANALGESIA
PAIN : TRANSSPHENOIDAL-MODERATE TRANSCRANIAL-MORE INTENSE
NASAL PACK-DISTRESSING
CODEINE
MORPHINE i.m.
MORPHINE PCA
Post operative concerns..
ENDOCRINE MANAGEMENT
HYDROCORTISONE 50-50,25-25,20-10[6pm]
Prolactinoma :few days / Cushing's :few months
ENDOCRINOLOGY REVIEW
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
DIABETES INSIPIDUS
SUSPECT IF URINE O/P >2mL/Kg/h & S.Na >143 mmol/L
POLYURIA,THIRST
SEND PLASMA OSMOLARITY [>295mosm/Kg] AND URINE OSMOLARITY [<300 mosm/Kg]
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS:D.I.
IF AWAKE AND NORMAL THIRST: FLUIDS
COMA/THIRST MECHANISM ABOLISHED/VERY HIGH URINE VOLUMEDESMOPRESSIN ACETATE [DDAVP]
PROBLEM:HYPONATREMIA
USUALLY RESOLVES IN FEW DAYS
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
HYPONATREMIA
CAUSES : DDAVP Rx, SIADH
MONITOR S.ELECTROLYTES
FLUID RESTRICTION
USUALLY RESOLVE WITHIN 10 DAYS
NATRIURESIS+DIURESIS CEREBRAL SALT WASTING SYNDROME
DD: SIADH
POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS
SIADH: WATER RETENTION Rx : WATER RESTRICTION
CSW Rx : HYPERTONIC SALINE
POSTERIOR PITUITARY
DIABETES INSIPIDUSEXCRETION OF ABNORMALLY LARGE AMOUNTS OF DILUTE URINE
24H URINE VOLUME >50ML/KG AND OSMOLARITY <300MOSM/L
URINARY FREQUENCY,NOCTURIA, DAY TIME FATIGUE, POLYDIPSIA
COMPLETE D. INSIPIDUS
NEOPLASM
CNS DISORDERS
PULMONARYDRUGS
POST-OP
CA BRONCHUS-SMALL CELL CA,CA PANCREAS,CA PROSTATEMENINGITIS,HEAD INJURY,CVA,HYDROCEPHALUS,GBSTB , PNEUMONIACHLORPROPAMIDE ANTIDEPRESSANTSHALOPERIDOL CARBAMAZEPINE CHEMOTHERAPY THIAZIDES MORPHINE NSAIDSPAIN NAUSEA
CAUSESC R A N I A L / N E U R O G E N I C
IDIOPATHIC
TRAUMA / POST SURGICAL
TUMOUR
VASCULAR [SHEEHAN’S SYNDROME,AORTO-CORONARY BYPASS]
GRANULOMA
INFECTIONS
FAMILIAL
N E P H R O G E N I C
GENETIC
METABOLIC : HYPOKALEMIA , HYPERCALCEMIA
DRUG : LITHIUM , DEMECLOCYCLIN
POISONING :HEAVY METAL
POST OBSTRUCTIVE : PROSTRATE , URETERAL
VASCULAR : SICKLE CELL DISEASE
INVESTIGATIONS• WATER DEPRIVATION TEST
WATER DEPRIVATION
PITUITARYVASOPRESSIN
EXOGENOUS VASOPRESSIN
NORMAL NO EFFECT
D.I.INCREASE IN URINE
OSMOLARITY
TREATMENT
•5u / mL im
•Q48H
PITRESSIN TANNATE
•50 u / mL in isotonic saline
•DRODID nasal spray
SYNTHETIC LYSINE
VASOPRESSIN
•1-2µg bd iv or s/c
•10-20 µg bd/tid nasal spray
•100-400 µg bd / tid orally
DESMOPRESSIN
DESMOPRESSIN
1-Deamino 8-D Arginine VasoPressin [DDAVP]ONSET 15 MIN AFTER INJ, 60 MIN AFTER
ORALACTS SELECTIVELY AT V2 RECEPTORS TO
INCREASE URINE CONCENTRATIONOTHERS:THIAZIDES/CHLORPROPAMIDE
CARBAMAZEPINE
CLOFIBRATE
PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
POST HYPOPHYSECTOMY
• RECOVER IN FEW DAYS TO 6 MONTHS
POST HEAD TRAUMA / POSTSURGERY• RECOVER AFTER A SHORTER PERIOD
COMPLETE D. INSIPIDUSJUST BEFORE SURGERYUSUAL DOSE INTRA NASALLY OR aq.VASOPRESSIN 100 mU IV BOLUS F/B CONSTANT INFUSION OF 100-200 mU/HR
ISOTONIC IVFs
P.OSMOLARITY HOURLY
IF >290 mOsm/L HYPOTONIC IVFs INCREASE VASOPRESSIN INFUSION >200 mU/ HR
PARTIAL D. INSIPIDUS
POST OPERATIVELY, INTRANASAL VASOPRESSIN / PITRESSIN TANNATE 5-10 U /DAY IM
VOLUME DEPLETION Sx STRESS ADH
SECRETION
CONCERNS: VASOPRESSIN
OXYTOCIC PROPERTIES [CAUTION PREGNANCY]
CORONARY VASOCONSTRICTOR [CAUTION CAD]
STICK TO CORRECT DOSE
SIADH
WATER OVERLOAD, LOW SERUM OSMOLARITY,HYPONATREMIA…STILL..
PERSISTENT ADH SECRETION
MORE WATER RETENTION
CLINICAL FEATURESWEIGHT GAIN
LETHARGY
CONFUSION
ABNORMAL REFLEXES
CONVULSION
COMA
….FEATURES OF HYPONATREMIA AND BRAIN EDEMA
DIAGNOSISPatient with hyponatremia excrete urine which
is hypertonic relative to plasma….
DIAGNOSISURINE Na >20 mEq/lLOW BUN , S.CREATININE, S.URIC ACID , S. ALBUMINS.Na <130 mEq /LPLASMA OSMOLALITY <270 mOsm /LHYPERTONIC URINE RELATIVE TO PLASMAUNABLE TO EXCRETE URINE EVEN AFTER WATER LOADINGADH ASSAY IN BLOOD
N.B. : PATIENTS SUSPECTED FOR SIADH SHOULD BE SCREENED FOR ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY & HYPOTHYROIDISM
TREATMENTMILD-MODERATE SYMPTOMS
RESTRICT FLUIDS 500-1000 ML/ DAY
SEVERE
5% SALINE IV 200-300ML OVER SEVERAL HRS FOLLOWED BY FLUID RESTRICTION
Rx UNDERLYING PROBLEM
TREATMENTDRUGS
PHENYTOIN ,NALOXONE ,BUTORPHANOL
EFFECT ON RELEASE -CLINICALLY INEFFECTIVE
LITHIUM BLOCK EFFECT OF ADH ON RENAL TUBULES ,TOXICITY > BENEFITS
DEMETHYL CHLORTETRACYCLINE 900-1200 mg/day interfere with ability of renal tubules to concentrate urine
PERIOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
CONCERNS
ANEMIAMALNUTRITIONFLUID &ELECTROLYTE IMBALANCELOW URINE OUTPUTDELAYED AWAKENINGMENTAL CONFUSION
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• CVP PAC• TEECENTRAL
VOLUME
• URINE & PLASMA OSMOLARITY
• S. Na FREQUENT
ASSAY
ALSO NOTE…..
USUALLY ONLY FLUID RESTRICTION IS NEEDED ; RARELY, HYPERTONIC SALINE
AGE OF PATIENT AND TYPE OF ANESTHETIC AGENT HAVE NO BEARING WITH INCIDENCE OF SIADH
REFERENCES ANESTHESIA AND UNCOMMON DISEASES, FLEISHER,5/e PITUITARY DISEASE AND ANESTHESIA,M.SMITH & N.P
HIRSH,BJA, 85 (1) 2000 STOELTING’S ANESTHESIA & COEXISTING DISEASE, 5/e HARRISONS PRINCIPLES OF INTERNAL MEDICINE,17/e LEE MCGREGOR’S SYNOPSIS OF SURGICAL
ANATOMY,12/e REVIEW OF MEDICAL PHYSIOLOGY,WILLIAM F
GANONG,22/e
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FACING UNCOMMON THINGS
WHICH WE HAVENT READ YET
MAY WASTE LIVES….