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What are the anaesthetic implications and principles of perioperative management for children with Down's syndrome?
What are the anaesthetic implications and principles of perioperative management for children with Down's syndrome?
This review highlights the increased risks and specific perioperative management principles for children with Down's syndrome undergoing anaesthesia.
Supports cautious perioperative management in children with Down syndrome; leaves open prospective validation of risk mitigation strategies.
Down's syndrome is a common congenital abnormality associated with characteristic morphological features, impaired intellectual development and disorders of many organ systems with a broad spectrum of severity. Many of these, including defects in cosmetic appearance, are amenable to surgical correction. The risks of anaesthesia are increased in these children. In this article the anaesthetic implications of the syndrome are reviewed and the principles of perioperative management discussed.
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