ISSN 1305-5550 | e-ISSN 2548-0669
Göğüs Kalp Damar Anestezi ve Yoğun Bakım Derneği Dergisi Hypoxic Spell After Abdominal Surgery in Tetralogy of Fallot Patient: From Being Asymptomatic to Symptomatic [GKD Anest Yoğ Bak Dern Derg]
GKD Anest Yoğ Bak Dern Derg. 2023; 29(3): 174-176 | DOI: 10.14744/GKDAD.2022.86648

Hypoxic Spell After Abdominal Surgery in Tetralogy of Fallot Patient: From Being Asymptomatic to Symptomatic

Selvinaz Durantaş, Sengül Özmert
Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Ankara City Hospital, Ankara, Türkiye

Tetralogy of Fallot is a cyanotic congenital heart disease involving hypoxic episodes. We herein present a case of a patient who underwent the Duhamel operation for Hirschsprung’s disease. The patient had hypoxic seizure triggered by surgical stimulation, anesthesia effect, and postoperative agitation and was diagnosed with Tetralogy of Fallot via echocardiography postoperatively.

Keywords: Anesthesia, child, congenital heart diseases, noncardiac surgery, tetralogy of fallot

Selvinaz Durantaş, Sengül Özmert. Hypoxic Spell After Abdominal Surgery in Tetralogy of Fallot Patient: From Being Asymptomatic to Symptomatic. GKD Anest Yoğ Bak Dern Derg. 2023; 29(3): 174-176

Corresponding Author: Selvinaz Durantaş, Türkiye
Manuscript Language: English
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