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Anaesthesia for an adolescent with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy-lactic acidosis-stroke-like episodes syndrome
P Bolton1, J Peutrell, S Zuberi
1Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Glasgow, UK. philbolton2000@yahoo.co.uk
Paediatric Anaesthesia
|June 7, 2003
Abstract:
Anaesthesia for patients with mitochondrial disorders occurs with regularity, either for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure associated with the syndrome or for unassociated surgery. We report the case of a 17-year-old boy with mitochondrial encephalomyopathy-lactic acidosis-stroke-like episodes (MELAS) syndrome who underwent a laparotomy for fundoplication. The potential hazards of anaesthesia for this patient, and the steps taken to avoid them, are discussed.