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Case Reports
. 1989 Mar;62(3):331-4.
doi: 10.1093/bja/62.3.331.

Anaesthetic management of a patient with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

D L Dresner  1 , H H Ali
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Anaesthetic management of a patient with facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy

D L Dresner et al. Br J Anaesth. 1989 Mar.
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Abstract

We describe the anaesthetic management of a patient with a rare form of muscular dystrophy (Facioscapulohumeral or Landouzy-Dejerine type). Anaesthesia and controlled ventilation using alfentanil-nitrous oxide and atracurium was satisfactory. In this patient, sensitivity to atracurium was found to be similar to that of the normal population, but more rapid recovery was observed.

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