Premium
Anaesthesia for Proteus syndrome
Author(s) -
PENNANT J. H.,
HARRIS M. F.
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1991.tb09358.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthesia , isoflurane , sedation , tracheal intubation , nitrous oxide , airway , intubation , general anaesthesia , surgery , proteus syndrome , dermatology
Summary A 14‐year‐old boy with Proteus syndrome presented for orthopaedic surgery to his legs. No report in the literature exists on anaesthesia for this condition. Our patient posed airway problems that were managed by tracheal intubation under sedation using a fibreoptic bronchoscope. Anaesthesia was induced with thiopentone and maintained with nitrous oxide and isoflurane in oxygen. His lungs were ventilated mechanically throughout surgery, which was uneventful.