FAILURE TO CONTROL THE AIRWAY IN A PATIENT WITH HUNTERS-SYNDROME

Authors
GAITINI L FRADIS M VAIDA S COLLINS G CROITORU M SOMRI M BOROCHOVITZ Z GOLZ A
Citation
L. Gaitini et al., FAILURE TO CONTROL THE AIRWAY IN A PATIENT WITH HUNTERS-SYNDROME, Journal of Laryngology and Otology, 112(4), 1998, pp. 380-382
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Otorhinolaryngology
Journal title
Journal of Laryngology and Otology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00222151
Volume
112
Issue
4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
380 - 382
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-2151(1998)112:4<380:FTCTAI>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
Hunter's syndrome is due to recessively inherited mucopolysaccharide s torage diseases. The anaesthetic complications in this syndrome are re lated to the organs involved in the disease, but pertain especially to upper airway obstruction problems. We report a patient with Hunter's syndrome who, while under general anaesthesia for a simple procedure ( the introduction of bilateral grommets), suffered a fatal outcome.