JOURNAL HOME CME HOME THIS MONTH PAST ISSUES ETOC COLLECTIONS
AUTHORS REVIEWERS EDITORIAL BOARD FEEDBACK RSS HELP
A&A International Anesthesia Research Society
QUICK SEARCH:   [advanced]


     

This Article
Right arrow Full Text
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a colleague
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in Web of Science
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Friedhoff, R. J.
Right arrow Articles by Wass, C. T.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Friedhoff, R. J.
Right arrow Articles by Wass, C. T.
Related Collections
Right arrow Airway
Right arrow Complications
Right arrow Pediatrics

Anesth Analg 2003;97:53-55
© 2003 International Anesthesia Research Society

PEDIATRIC ANESTHESIA

Galactosialidosis: A Unique Disease with Significant Clinical Implications During Perioperative Anesthesia Management

Robert J. Friedhoff, MD, Steven H. Rose, MD, Michael J. Brown, MD, Timothy R. Long, MD, and C. Thomas Wass, MD

Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota

Address correspondence and reprint requests to C. Thomas Wass, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St., S.W., Rochester, MN 55905. Address e-mail to wass.thomas{at}mayo.edu

IMPLICATIONS: Anesthetic management of patients with mucopolysaccharidoses is well known. The anesthetic implications of patients with galactosialidosis may be similar to those with other well documented mucopolysaccharidoses, but no cases have been reported in the anesthesia-related literature. We present a case describing anesthetic management of a patient with galactosialidosis undergoing cervical spine surgery.






Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins Anesthesia & Analgesia® is published for the International Anesthesia Research Society® by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins and Stanford University Libraries' HighWire Press®. Copyright 2003 by the International Anesthesia Research Society. Online ISSN: 1526-7598   Print ISSN: 0003-2999 HighWire Press
Copyright © 2003 by the International Anesthesia Research Society.