Anaesthetic management for a patient with Dejerine-Sottas disease and asthma.
Dejerine-Sottas disease is a very uncommon degenerative disease of the peripheral nervous system. The details of perioperative anaesthetic management are discussed including the use of epidural anaesthesia, with supplemental intravenous anaesthesia and an LMA.
Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis Children's Hospital, One Children's Place, St Louis, MO 63110-1077, USA.
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D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods*; D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D015417:Hereditary Sensory and Motor Neuropathy / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009985:Orthopedics