Case Report of Cardiac Arrest After Succinylcholine in a Child With Muscle-Eye-Brain Disease

Thomas Hackmann, David L. Skidmore, Brian MacManus

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Resumen

Muscle-eye-brain disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by congenital muscular dystrophy, ocular abnormalities, and brain malformation. We report an intraoperative hyperkalemic cardiac arrest following the administration of succinylcholine in a child with muscle-eye-brain disease. The disease was diagnosed only after this event. Our experience suggests that preoperative determinations of serum concentrations of lactate and creatine kinase may be useful if clinical signs consistent with myopathy are present.

Idioma originalEnglish
Páginas (desde-hasta)244-247
Número de páginas4
PublicaciónA & A case reports
Volumen9
N.º8
DOI
EstadoPublished - oct. 15 2017

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Medicine

PubMed: MeSH publication types

  • Journal Article

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