title: Spinal anesthesia for gastrostomy in an infant with nemaline myopathy.
abstract: We report a case of spinal anesthesia in an infant with nemaline myopathy. Spinal anesthesia was administered to preempt the potential problems of difficult tracheal intubation and prolonged mechanical ventilation secondary to muscle weakness after the use of IV anesthetics in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine, Meir General Hospital, Kfar-Saba, Sakler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shenkman
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sheffer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Erez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Litmanovitc
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jedeikin
mesh_terms: D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000008:administration & dosage; D000779:Anesthetics, Local / Q000008:administration & dosage; D001706:Biopsy; D002045:Bupivacaine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D018908:Muscle Weakness / Q000503:physiopathology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000473:pathology; D017696:Myopathies, Nemaline / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011187:Posture; D012121:Respiration, Artificial
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D000779:Anesthetics, Local; D002045:Bupivacaine