Key result
Perioperative anesthetic management proves feasible in a 7-year-old with Brugada syndrome, the youngest reported patient.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report details the anesthetic management of a 7-year-old with Brugada syndrome, the youngest reported patient to undergo such management.
Adds youngest Brugada anesthesia case; leaves open optimal protocols and generalizability in children.
Brugada syndrome results from abnormalities in the myocardial transmembrane conduction of sodium, resulting in the characteristic electrocardiographic changes of ST segment elevation in the precordial leads and incomplete right bundle branch block in an otherwise structurally normal heart. Affected patients are frequently asymptomatic until their presentation with potentially lethal arrhythmias including ventricular fibrillation. The youngest reported patient with Brugada syndrome to undergo anesthetic management is presented in this article; the pathophysiology of the syndrome is reviewed, and its perioperative implications are discussed.
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Baty et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Brugada syndrome (n=1). Anesthetic management was evaluated. Perioperative anesthetic management was described for a 7-year-old child with Brugada syndrome, the youngest reported patient to undergo such management.
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