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Query: UMLS:C0162671 (
MELAS
)
587
document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
A 23-year-old woman with
MELAS
(mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes) underwent a laparoscopy-assisted appendectomy.
MELAS syndrome
is a multisystemic disease caused by mitochondrial dysfunction. General anesthesia has several potential hazards to patients with
MELAS syndrome
, such as malignant hyperthermia, hypothermia, and metabolic acidosis. In this case, anesthesia was performed with propofol, remifentanil
TCI
, and atracurium without any surgical or anesthetic complications. We discuss the anesthetic effects of
MELAS syndrome
.
...
PMID:Total intravenous anesthesia with propofol and remifentanil in a patient with MELAS syndrome -A case report-. 2050 2
