Perioperative management of a patient with Coffin–Lowry syndrome complicated by severe obesity
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Perioperative management of a patient with Coffin–Lowry syndrome complicated by severe obesity
RATIONALE Coffin-Lowry syndrome (CLS) is a rare inherited disease with specific clinical features, such as mental retardation, facial dysmorphism, and cardiac abnormality. In particular, the characteristic facial features of CLS, including retrognathia and large tongue, are associated with difficult ventilation and/or intubation, which is a serious problem of anesthesia management. However, cas...
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عنوان ژورنال: Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0025-7974
DOI: 10.1097/md.0000000000009026