Above knee amputation in a geriatric patient with severe ICMP and DM2: A case report

Authors : Kush Sharma, Aparna Singh, Lalit Gupta

DOI : 10.18231/j.ijca.2021.093

Volume : 8

Issue : 3

Year : 2021

Page No : 487-489

Geriatric patients with cardiac dysfunction are always a nightmare for anaesthetist in terms of successful intraoperative and postoperative management. We are presenting a case of 68-year-old male patient admitted in surgical emergency with rapidly progressive wet gangrene of right leg. He was a diagnosed case of severe Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICMP) and Diabetes mellitus type 2 (DM-2) since last 10 years on medications. However, he was non-compliant with medications and had developed severe limitation in the functional status with metabolic equivalents <4>


Keywords: Geriatric, Ischemic cardiomyopathy, Diabetes mellitus, Lower limb block.


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