title: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy.
abstract: Emery-Dreifuss syndrome is a rare form of muscular dystrophy associated with cardiac complications that lead to sudden death. The disorder and its potential anaesthetic implications in the management of a patient who presented for orthopaedic surgery is described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Jago
mesh_terms: D000125:Achilles Tendon / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D002045:Bupivacaine; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies / Q000150:complications*; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D002045:Bupivacaine