Total intravenous anaesthesia without muscle relaxants in a child with diagnosed Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
The case of a 3 year old child, affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who underwent adenoidectomy and bilateral myringotomy, is reported. Total intravenous anaesthesia (propofol 1% infusion (160 micrograms kg-1min-1) and remifentanil (0.55 microgram kg-1min-1) without any muscle relaxants was used. The postoperative period was uneventful.
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I Servizio di Anestesia, Azienda Speciale USL Centro-Sud, Bolzano.
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D000771:Anesthesia, Intravenous; D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020388:Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D010880:Piperidines; D015742:Propofol; D000077208:Remifentanil
D019162:Anesthetics, Combined; D010880:Piperidines; D000077208:Remifentanil; D015742:Propofol