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Anaesthetic management of the child with myotonic dystrophy: epidural anaesthesia as an alternative to general anaesthesia
Author(s) -
TOBIAS JOSEPH D.
Publication year - 1995
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.1460-9592.1995.tb00319.x
Subject(s) - medicine , myotonic dystrophy , anesthesia , general anaesthesia , regional anaesthesia , myotonia , general anaesthetic , surgery
SUMMARY An 11‐year‐old boy with myotonic dystrophy required anaesthesia for a lower extremity orthopaedic procedure. The management of patients with myotonic dystrophy is discussed including the use of epidural anaesthesia with a continuous chloroprocaine infusion as an alternative to general anaesthesia.