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Lilianna-Szuba Bujok1, Grzegorz Bujok, Piotr Knapik
1Departments of Clinical Anaesthesia and Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice and Department of Anaesthesia, Silesian Paediatric Centre, Zabrze, Poland.
Abstract:
We describe the problems encountered during general anaesthesia in a 2-year-old boy who was suffering from an extremely severe form of Niemann-Pick disease. Attention focused on respiratory difficulties and intubation problems. The usefulness of the lateral position and the limits of the Mallampati score in this case are discussed.
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