Abstract

Multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome is a group of complex disorders that include psychiatric disorders, chronic fatigue and/or respiratory problems. This syndrome could be triggered by specific allergens and toxins that cause neurophysiological sensitization and appearance of clinical symptomatology. Anaesthesia for these patients always poses a challenge for anaesthetist, because they need to find and use drugs that do not trigger or aggravate symptoms of disease. Therefore, sevoflurane in these circumstances might be the ideal anaesthetic. Performing general anaesthesia with sevoflurane as sole anaesthetic agent, together with a series of environmental measures formed basis for successful anaesthesia and surgery in our patient with a multiple chemical sensitivity syndrome.

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