The postoperative cardiovascular arrest of a 5‐year‐old male: an initial presentation of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy1
- 13 January 2006
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Pediatric Anesthesia
- Vol. 16 (2) , 170-173
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-9592.2005.01698.x
Abstract
Anesthesia may be administered to patients with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy, but cases are reported in which apparently healthy children suffer hyperkalemic cardiac arrest. We present the case of a 5-year-old boy whose muscular dystrophy was discovered following a fatal, perioperative cardiac arrest in the postanesthesia care unit.Keywords
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