• Paediatric anaesthesia · Jul 2001

    Case Reports

    Anaesthetic considerations for a child with combined Prader-Willi syndrome and mitochondrial myopathy.

    • A D Sharma, T Erb, S R Schulman, G Sreeram, and T F Slaughter.
    • Department of Anaesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
    • Paediatr Anaesth. 2001 Jul 1; 11 (4): 488-90.

    AbstractWe report the anaesthetic management of a child with Prader-Willi syndrome and mitochondrial myopathy for open heart surgery. We used ketamine, fentanyl, rocuronium and caudal morphine together with a propofol infusion with no untoward effects. The implications of both conditions for anaesthesia are discussed.

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