Anaesthetic management of a patient with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency is described. The pathogenesis and various complications relating to this common hereditary blood disorder are reviewed. Problems related to anaesthesia in the presence of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency are discussed.
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