Difficult airway in a pediatric case of pycodysostosis

Pycodysostosis is a genetic autosomal rare disease with an incidence of 1:1.7 million births; the pathophysiology of the disease is related to mutation of cathepsin K gene. Sleep apnea, respiratory difficulties because of chest and oral abnormalities may cause a challenge to the anesthetist during i...

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Autores principales: Alkhalaf, Maizar M., Ali, Hassan Mohamed, Al Otaibi, Rashed
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4383111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25886438
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0259-1162.150677
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Sumario:Pycodysostosis is a genetic autosomal rare disease with an incidence of 1:1.7 million births; the pathophysiology of the disease is related to mutation of cathepsin K gene. Sleep apnea, respiratory difficulties because of chest and oral abnormalities may cause a challenge to the anesthetist during intubation and/or mechanical ventilation. In this case report we will discuss a case of pycodysostosis with a difficult airway.

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