• Paediatric anaesthesia · Mar 2003

    Case Reports

    Spinal anaesthesia in a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome.

    • S Sacrista, D Kern, O Fourcade, P Izard, P Galinier, K Samii, and B Cathala.
    • Service d'Anesthésie-Réanimation and Département, Médico-Chirurgical de Pédiatrie, Hôpital des Enfants, Toulouse, France. sacrista.s@chu-toulouse.fr
    • Paediatr Anaesth. 2003 Mar 1; 13 (3): 253-6.

    AbstractHypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS), a complex congenital heart disease, is the most common lethal cardiac defect in neonates. Its treatment includes cardiac transplantation and/or surgical palliation. Associated extracardiac congenital abnormalities are exceptional. We report the case of a neonate with HLHS and anorectal atresia who required urgent surgical management to relieve intestinal obstruction. The surgery was successfully performed under spinal anaesthesia.

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