Anesthetic implications of undiagnosed late onset central hypoventilation syndrome in a child: from elective tonsillectomy to tracheostomy.
Late onset central hypoventilation syndrome is a neurological disorder that can present with postoperative respiratory complications and delayed emergence in children after anesthesia. We present a child who had unanticipated respiratory complications following an elective tonsillectomy who eventually required a tracheostomy and long-term ventilatory support.
Mahmoud
Mohamed
M
Department of Anesthesiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH 45229, USA.
Bryan
Yvon
Y
Gunter
Joel
J
Kreeger
Renee N
RN
Sadhasivam
Senthilkumar
S
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000379:methods*; D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007040:Hypoventilation / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D014068:Tonsillectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014140:Tracheotomy