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Anesthetic management of a patient with MERRF syndrome
Author(s) -
VILELA HUGO,
GARCÌAFERNÁNDEZ JAVIER,
PARODI ELBA,
REINOSOBARBERO FRANCISCO,
DURÁN PILAR,
GILSANZ FERNANDO
Publication year - 2005
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.1460-9592.2005.01384.x
Subject(s) - medicine , anesthetic , anesthesia , intensive care medicine
Summary There are several specific considerations regarding anesthesia in patients with mitochondrial disease. We describe the successful administration of a combined general and epidural anesthesia with sevoflurane maintenance in a patient with myoclonic epilepsy with ragged red fibers (MERRF syndrome) scheduled for surgical treatment of bilateral clubfoot.