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Duchenne muscular dystrophy: an old anesthesia problem revisited
Paediatric Anaesthesia, 01/18/08

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Hayes J et al. - Patients with Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy suffer from a progressive deterioration in muscle secondary to a defect in the dystrophin gene. As such, they are susceptible to perioperative respiratory, cardiac and other complications, such as rhabdomyolysis. Inhalational anesthetic agents have been implicated as a cause of acute rhabdomyolysis that can resemble malignant hyperthermia (MH)

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