title: General anesthesia in an infant with X-linked myotubular myopathy.
abstract: We present a 20-week-old infant with the X-linked form of myotubular myopathy who required anesthesia for a Nissen fundoplication procedure where the response to nondepolarizing neuromuscular blockade was evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia, Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. costid@wch.sa.gov.au
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Costi
authors.forename: Johan H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: van der Walt
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods*; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001279:Atracurium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004558:Electric Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018662:Fundoplication / Q000379:methods; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000379:methods; D040181:Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D020914:Myopathies, Structural, Congenital / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015742:Propofol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D003473:Neuromuscular Nondepolarizing Agents; D001279:Atracurium; D005283:Fentanyl; D015742:Propofol