Abstract
A 39 year old female with Pseudo-Bartter syndrome is reported. She was complicated with chronic hypopotassemia as a result of the long-term use of diuretic and laxative. She was managed in order to oparation of plastic of alveolar ridge.
In such a case, it is important to correct hypopotassemia preoperatively, in addition, it is necessary to cultivate a better understanding for the infomed consent, making inquiries in full as for her attitude of living and so forth not only to the patient herself but to her family.
For an anesthesia, it is imperative to prevent arrhythmia and hypotention, giving potassium carefully during and after operation. Furthermore, it is necessary to pay thorough attention to respiratory management because of presence of concomitatnt metabolic alkalosis. In this case, the patient extreamly clinged to the preservation of her beauty, so that we found the case as one of the cases to have caused much difficulty even in the management of her hospital-life.
