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Anaesthetic implications of mucolipidosis
Author(s) -
BAINES D.B.,
STREET N.,
OVERTON J.H.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1111/j.1460-9592.1993.tb00092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mucolipidosis , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , pediatrics , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Summary The anaesthetic implications of mucolipidosis in three siblings is reported. Two of the three children exhibit marked difficulty with their airways under anaesthesia and all three have narrow tracheas. Surgery and anaesthesia should be undertaken with caution in patients with a mucolipidosis.