title: Children with learning disabilities.
abstract: Children with learning disabilities can present numerous challenges in the acute hospital setting. This review article examines the causes and presentations of learning disability, and considers some of the management strategies employed when these children present for surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, UK. simon.courtman@phnt.swest.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Simon P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Courtman
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mumby
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000592:standards*; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011292:Premedication / Q000379:methods*; D012149:Restraint, Physical; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology