title: Safe Anaesthesia Management in a Child with Congenital Long QT Syndrome.
abstract: Long QT syndrome is a cardiac repolarisation disorder that can occur with clinical symptoms such as dizziness, fainting, life-threatening arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death, and its incidence is increasing in the general population. A careful anaesthetic management is required for patients with this syndrome because of the risk of torsades de pointes and malignant arrhythmias. In this case report, we discuss the anaesthetic management of a seven-year-old patient with congenital long QT syndrome that was diagnosed during the preoperative evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Antakya State Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Özgür
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Anaesthesiology and Reanimation, Antakya State Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ayhan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Köseoğlu
keywords: Long QT syndrome; anaesthesia; torsades de pointes