Postoperative cyanotic breath-holding spells in a child with Worster-Drought syndrome

J Anesth. 2010 Dec;24(6):982-3. doi: 10.1007/s00540-010-1020-4. Epub 2010 Oct 2.
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Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General
  • Bulbar Palsy, Progressive / complications
  • Bulbar Palsy, Progressive / congenital
  • Bulbar Palsy, Progressive / physiopathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cyanosis / etiology*
  • Dysarthria / complications
  • Dysarthria / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Intellectual Disability / complications
  • Intellectual Disability / physiopathology
  • Intraoperative Complications / physiopathology*
  • Male
  • Respiratory Mechanics / physiology*
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / complications
  • Sturge-Weber Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Sublingual Gland / surgery
  • Submandibular Gland / surgery

Supplementary concepts

  • Worster Drought syndrome