Anesthetic management of a patient with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2B:CARE-compliant case report and literature review

Abstract Background Limb-girdle muscular dystrophies (LGMDs) belong to few neuromuscular disorders mainly involving pelvic and shoulder girdle muscles. Also, cardiac or pulmonary complications, increased rhabdomyolysis risk when exposed to volatile anesthetics and succinylcholine may increase anesth...

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Main Authors: X. Q. Cao, K. Joypaul, F. Cao, L. L. Gui, J. T. Hu, W. Mei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-019-0813-8