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Paediatric anaesthesia · Jan 2005
Case ReportsAnesthetic management of a patient with MERRF syndrome.
- Hugo Vilela, Javier Garcìa-Fernández, Elba Parodi, Francisco Reinoso-Barbero, Pilar Durán, and Fernando Gilsanz.
- Department of Paediatric and Maternal Anaesthesia, La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
- Paediatr Anaesth. 2005 Jan 1;15(1):77-9.
AbstractThere 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.
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