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Intraoperative QRS-interval changes caused by hyperkalaemia in an infant with Arima syndrome
S Koizuka1, K Nishikawa, H Nemoto
1Department of Anaesthesiology and Reanimatology, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.
Paediatric Anaesthesia
|September 22, 1998
Abstract:
A one-year-and-ten-months-old male infant with Arima syndrome, a very rare genetic disorder, underwent urgent insertion of a catheter for continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) under general anaesthesia. During the procedure he showed QRS-interval changes caused by hyperkalaemia which was successfully treated with calcium gluconate. The management and intraoperative complications of this syndrome are reported and available literature reviewed.