CASE REPORT – Anesthetic management of the parturient with combined protein C and S deficiency
Abstract
Protein S is a vitamin K dependent co-factor of protein C. Deficiency of Protein C and S results in a hypercoagulable state, which is treated with anticoagulation. This is the first report of a patient with combined protein C and S deficiency, who underwent a Cesarean section under spinal anesthesia in KRL Hospital Islamabad (Pakistan).
Citation: Batool T, Babur B, Tasneem T. Anesthetic management of the parturient with combined protein C and S deficiency. Anaesth Pain & Intensive Care 2011;15(1):54-56.