Anaesthetic implications of the mucopolysaccharidoses: a fifteen-year experience in a children's hospital

Anaesth Intensive Care. 1983 Aug;11(3):198-202. doi: 10.1177/0310057X8301100303.

Abstract

Patients suffering from the mucopolysaccharidoses, most commonly Hurler's syndrome, present special problems in anaesthesia. A retrospective review of the anaesthetic management of such patients over fifteen years revealed a high incidence of airway problems. Two case histories illustrating these difficulties are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Airway Obstruction / etiology
  • Anesthesia, General / methods*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intubation, Intratracheal / adverse effects*
  • Male
  • Mucopolysaccharidoses / complications*
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis I / complications
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis III / complications
  • Mucopolysaccharidosis VI / complications
  • Nasopharynx / abnormalities*
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Time Factors