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Case Reports
. 2000 Nov;66(11):839-40.

Total intravenous anaesthesia without muscle relaxants in a child with diagnosed Duchenne muscular dystrophy

G Capozzoli  1 , F Auricchio, G Accinelli
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  • PMID: 11213553
Case Reports

Total intravenous anaesthesia without muscle relaxants in a child with diagnosed Duchenne muscular dystrophy

G Capozzoli et al. Minerva Anestesiol. 2000 Nov.

Abstract

The case of a 3 year old child, affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy, who underwent adenoidectomy and bilateral myringotomy, is reported. Total intravenous anaesthesia (propofol 1% infusion (160 micrograms kg-1min-1) and remifentanil (0.55 microgram kg-1min-1) without any muscle relaxants was used. The postoperative period was uneventful.

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