Anaesthetic management in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta and a fractured femur

Authors

  • Mamta Bhardwaj Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences
  • Kiranpreet Kaur Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences
  • Sanjay Johar Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences
  • Ruchi Saxena Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences
  • Sarla Hooda Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences

Keywords:

Osteogenesis Imperfecta, spinal anaesthesia,

Abstract

Anaesthesiologists frequently encounter rare congenital diseases and syndromes. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) is a fibro-osseous disorder of the collagen tissue. OI is also known as brittle bone disease, and is a genetic disorder of connective tissue in which bones fracture very easily, often for no apparent reason. The aetiology of the disease is a gene defect that produces very little or poor quality type 1 collagen, an important building block of bones.1 Usually, patients inherit the disease from a parent, but sometimes cases are sporadic and the result of new genetic mutation.2

Author Biographies

Mamta Bhardwaj, Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences

DA, DNB Assistant Professor Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak

Kiranpreet Kaur, Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences

DA, DNB Assistant Professor Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak

Sanjay Johar, Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences

MD Associate Professor Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak

Ruchi Saxena, Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences

DA Senior Resident Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak

Sarla Hooda, Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences

MD Senior Professor Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Pt BD Sharma University of Health Sciences Rohtak

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Published

2013-10-04

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 2 (2014)

Section

Case Studies

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