Acrocyanosis - An uncommon event at post anaesthesia recovery room- A case report

Authors

  • Md Azmal Hossain Dhaka Mahanagar General Hospital, DSCC, Dhaka
  • Mosammat Maksuhuda Begum Anaesthesia Dept, Uttara Women?s Medical College, Dhaka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/jbsa.v26i1.19819

Keywords:

Acrocyanosis

Abstract

A healthy patient of aged 26 years underwent left ureter-lithotomy and cystostomy under general anesthesia. In post-operative ward, both extremities were cold & nailed were cyanosed. This cyanosis persisted for as long as 8-10 hours. No abnormality was detected in arterial blood gas analysis. This is not a simple peripheral cyanosis induced by cold environment of operation theatre, as warming usually reverses the phenomenon within a short period. But in this case, peripheral cyanosis persisted for as long as 8-10 hours. Therefore, this is a case of acrocyanosis.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbsa.v26i1.19819

Journal of Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists 2013; 26(1): 58-60

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Published

2014-08-03

How to Cite

Hossain, M. A., & Begum, M. M. (2014). Acrocyanosis - An uncommon event at post anaesthesia recovery room- A case report. Journal of the Bangladesh Society of Anaesthesiologists, 26(1), 58–60. https://doi.org/10.3329/jbsa.v26i1.19819

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Case Reports