Multimodal Anesthesia for Glaucoma Surgery in a Child with Mitochondrial Disease and Malignant Hyperthermia - Juniper Publishers - Journal of Anesthesia & Intensive Care Medicine

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Multimodal Anesthesia for Glaucoma Surgery in a Child with Mitochondrial Disease and Malignant Hyperthermia

Authored by Benjamin Pruden

Mitochondrial diseases (MD) are characterized by impairments of mitochondrial function that precipitate metabolic acidosis. An 8-year-old MD female with prior anesthesia exposure complicated by metabolic acidosis, seizures and propofol infusion syndrome, presented for glaucoma surgery. We present a multi modal balanced anesthetic technique used to successfully manage this complex case.



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