Tag Madhuri S. Kurdi

Risk Most common childhood systemic vasculitis; rare in adults. Reported annual incidence varies between 10-30 cases per 100,000 in children younger than 17 y and 3.4–14.3 cases per million in adults. Mean age of presentation is 6 y; mainly affects…

Case Synopsis A 22-year-old woman is posted for an emergency appendectomy. She is hemodynamically stable and administered a spinal anesthesia. The surgeon makes the abdominal incision, but on deeper dissection the patient cries out in pain. The anesthesiologist administers bolus…