The anesthetic management in the patient with Kabuki makeup syndrome
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İsmail Aydın Erden, Ayhan Köseoğlu, Bekir Suat Kürkçüoğlu 1 * , Seda Banu Akıncı, Ülkü Aypar
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1 Ankara Atatürk Eğit. ve Araştırma Hast. Anesteziyoloji ve Reanimasyon Kliniği Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey* Corresponding Author

Abstract

Kabuki makeup syndrome is characterized by mental retardation, characteristic facial appearance (ektropion), skeletal abnormalities, joint laxity, short stature. The syn­drome is thought to be a consequence of otosomal domi­nant mutation. Important factors in anesthetical manage­ment of these patients include; difficult airway, cardiologic problems, obstructive sleeps apne, hypotoni and maligns hyperthermia risks. In this case report we aimed to dis­cuss anesthesic management of a patient with Kabuki syndrome -a rare clinical entity in our country

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Article Type: Case Report

J Clin Exp Invest, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2013, 116-118

https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2013.01.0247

Publication date: 14 Mar 2013

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