Anaesthetic management of a patient with emery-dreifuss muscular dystrophy

From: Anaesthesia and Intensive Care | Date: June 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

SUMMARY

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a rare form of muscular dystrophy associated with cardiac implications such as cardiomyopathy and arrhythmias leading to sudden death. We describe the anesthetic management of a patient with Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy who presented for orthopaedic surgery and discuss the disorder and its potential anaesthetic implications.

Key Words: ANAESTHESIA, REGIONAL: epidural. COMPLICATIONS: Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy

Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is the third most common of the X-linked recessive muscular dystrophies. It is ...

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