Anesthetic implications of Leigh's syndrome

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 792-797

  Shear, Torin ^a   Tobias, Joseph D ^a,b,c  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b Department of Anesthesiology ^*  (United States)

^c Russell Mary Shelden Chair Pediat   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia; Leigh syndrome; Mitochondria; Myopathy; Respiratory failure; Seizures; Spinal

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ANESTHETIC AGENT; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; PYRUVATE DEHYDROGENASE COMPLEX; TETRACAINE;

ANAMNESIS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; LEIGH DISEASE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NERVE DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; BIOPSY; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEIGH DISEASE; LIDOCAINE; MONITORING, INTRAOPERATIVE; MUSCLES; PRILOCAINE; TETRACAINE;

EID: 4544265035     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2004.01289.x     Document Type: Review

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