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A combined technique utilising regional anaesthesia and target-controlled sedation in a patient with myotonic dystrophy

✍ Scribed by A. Aquilina; J. Groves

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
46 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-2409

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✦ Synopsis

Summary Myotonic dystrophy presents several problems to the anaesthetist. We describe what we believe to␣be the first report of target‐controlled sedation combined with regional anaesthesia in a patient with myotonic dystrophy. Precise control of propofol levels and titration to patient satisfaction avoided the problem of delayed recovery which has been described with propofol anaesthesia.

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