Cardiac arrest after isoflurane anaesthesia in a patient with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
Cardiac arrest after isoflurane anaesthesia in a patient with Duchenne's muscular dystrophy
G. Chalkiadis,K. Branch
1990 · DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1990.tb14497.x
Anaesthesia · 59 Citations
TLDR
An 8‐year‐old boy known to have Duchenne's muscular dystrophy suffered a cardiac arrest 10 minutes after he regained consciousness after isoflurane anaesthesia for an orchidopexy procedure and later developed myoglobinuria, elevated creatine kinase and a metabolic and respiratory acidosis.