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Case 98: A Case of Wegener Granulomatosis

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A 38-year-old female, BMI 50 kg/m2, 4′11″, ASA 2, was scheduled for a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass. Her past history was significant for Wegener granulomatosis and asthma. The former was treated 2 years prior with prednisone, azathioprine, and antibiotics. At that time her spirometry showed a mild flattening of the inspiratory limb of her flow-volume curve. Since her asthma was successfully treated with albuterol and mometasone furoate inhalers, no further pulmonary investigations were carried out. A chest x-ray done 1 week prior to the surgery was normal.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA

    John G. Brock-Utne MA, MD, PhD, FFA(SA)

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Brock-Utne, J.G. (2017). Case 98: A Case of Wegener Granulomatosis. In: Clinical Anesthesia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71467-7_98

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