Anesthetic management of a pediatric patient with methylmalonic acidemia combined with hyperhomocysteinemia: A case report

Yunting Pang; Fanqing Meng; Yaqiu Guo; Feng Zhou

doi:10.1002/ccr3.7924

Anesthetic management of a pediatric patient with methylmalonic acidemia combined with hyperhomocysteinemia: A case report

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Sep 21;11(9):e7924. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.7924. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Authors

Yunting Pang¹, Fanqing Meng¹, Yaqiu Guo¹, Feng Zhou¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Anesthesiology Jinan Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital Jinan China.

Abstract

Methylmalonic acidemia (MMA) combined with hyperhomocysteinemia is an autosomal recessive genetic disease which can lead to metabolic acidosis, elevated lactate, and high blood ammonia level. This anesthetic management was mainly how to maintain the stable state of perioperative physiological metabolism of such patients.

Keywords: case report; general anesthesia; methylmalonic acidemia; strabismus.

Publication types

Case Reports