Anaesthetic management of a patient with Leigh's syndrome with central hypoventilation and obstructive sleep apnoea

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Tan, Aileen Ling Wan ^a   Goy, Raymond ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

Author keywords

General anaesthesia; Leigh's syndrome; Mitochondrial myopathies

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; CARNITINE; ETIRACETAM; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; KETAMINE; LACTIC ACID; LIDOCAINE; REMIFENTANIL; TETRABENAZINE; THIAMINE; UBIDECARENONE; ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN STEM; CASE REPORT; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HUMAN; HYPOVENTILATION; LEIGH DISEASE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NECROSIS; NOSE FEEDING; PATIENT MONITORING; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION; SLEEP DISORDERED BREATHING; TRACHEOSTOMY; AIR CONDITIONING; COMPLICATION; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; MITOCHONDRION; PATHOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHETICS; DYSTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOVENTILATION; LEIGH DISEASE; MITOCHONDRIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SLEEP APNEA, OBSTRUCTIVE; VENTILATION;

EID: 84890423528     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2013252     Document Type: Article

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