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Cushing Syndrome

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Abstract

Cushing syndrome is the term used to describe a clinical state of increased free circulating glucocorticoid. Strategies for medical management that is safe for both mother and fetus will be presented. The anesthetic management of labor and delivery as well as operative deliveries will be discussed.

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  1. Department of Anesthesia, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Catherine Traill & Stephen H. Halpern

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  1. Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

    Suzanne K. W. Mankowitz

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Traill, C., Halpern, S.H. (2018). Cushing Syndrome. In: Mankowitz, S. (eds) Consults in Obstetric Anesthesiology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-59680-8_41

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