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Induction of anaesthesia with ketamine during an acute crisis of hereditary coproporphyria

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia (1987) 34(4) 388-390
DOI: 10.1007/BF03010140
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An appendectomy operation was undertaken in a 29-year-old patient with signs of an acute crisis of hereditary coproporphyria. Anaesthetic induction with ketamine 75 mg IV was uneventful. The safety of ketamine in patients with oproporphyria is discussed. © 1987 Canadian Anesthesiologists.

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Capouet, V., Dernovoi, B., & Azagra, J. S. (1987). Induction of anaesthesia with ketamine during an acute crisis of hereditary coproporphyria. Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia, 34(4), 388–390. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03010140

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