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Chapter 8 - Congenital and Inherited Disorders Affecting Anaesthesia in Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2025

By
Nargis Ahmad
Edited by
James Ip ,
Grant Stuart ,
Isabeau Walker  and
Ian James
James Ip
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Grant Stuart
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Isabeau Walker
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
Ian James
Affiliation:
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London
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Summary

This chapter covers principles of anaesthesia for children with congenital and inherited disease, with specific consideration of some conditions of particular relevance to paediatric anaesthetists, including the muscular dystrophies, malignant hyperthermia and the mucopolysaccharidoses.

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Childrencongenital diseaseinherited diseaseanaesthesia
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Core Topics in Paediatric Anaesthesia , pp. 82 - 90
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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Gray, RM. Anesthesia-induced rhabdomyolysis or malignant hyperthermia: is defining the crisis important? Paediatric Anaesthesia 2017; 27(5):490–3.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hack, HA, Walker, RWM, Gardiner, P. Anaesthetic implications of the changing management of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis. Anaesthesia and Intensive Care 2016; 44(6):660–8.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Hopkins, PM, Girard, T, Dalay, S et al. Malignant hyperthermia 2020: Guideline from the Association of Anaesthetists. Anaesthesia 2021; 76(5):655–64. https://doi.org/10.1111/anae.15317.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Litman, RS, Griggs, SM, Dowling, JJ, Riazi, S. Malignant hyperthermia susceptibility and related diseases. Anesthesiology. 2018; 128(1):159–67.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
National Center for Biolotechnology Information. OMIM. Available at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/omim.Google Scholar
Niezgoda, J, Morgan, PG. Anesthetic considerations in patients with mitochondrial defects. Paediatric Anaesthesia 2013; 23(9):785–93.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed
Orphan Anesthesia. Available at: www.orphananesthesia.eu/en/.Google Scholar
Walker, R et al. Anaesthesia and airway management in mucopolysaccharidosis. Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease 2013; 36(2):211–9.CrossRefGoogle ScholarPubMed

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