title: Anaesthesia for patients with trisomy 13 (Patau's syndrome).
abstract: Patau's syndrome (Trisomy 13) is usually fatal within the first six months of life. For the few survivors, corrective surgery is only undertaken if the child has a reasonable chance of living for some time. Hence the reports of anaesthesia and surgery in the literature are rare. We describe the anaesthesia for a repair of cleft lip and palate on two children who presented to our department.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Children's Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Pollard
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Beasley
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics / Q000401:mortality; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D002882:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 13; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013577:Syndrome; D014314:Trisomy