title: Anesthesia and neuromuscular diseases.
abstract: This presentation presents a short review of some disease entities affecting the nuromuscular system. Most of these diseases are rare, but many have a direct implication for anesthetic management and the anesthesiologist should be aware of them and the interaction of the patient's disease and the physician's drugs.
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002056:Burns / Q000601:surgery; D004347:Drug Interactions; D006008:Glycogen Storage Disease; D006801:Humans; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia; D009135:Muscular Diseases; D009136:Muscular Dystrophies; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis; D009224:Myotonia Congenita; D009223:Myotonic Dystrophy; D009422:Nervous System Diseases; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases; D010245:Paralyses, Familial Periodic; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative; D013577:Syndrome; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D000777:Anesthetics