Anesthetic management of a hydrocephalus patient with inclusion body myositis

Anesthetic management of a hydrocephalus patient with inclusion body myositis

Abstract Inclusion body myositis (IBM) is an inflammatory muscle disease characterized by slowly progressive muscle weakness and wasting, especially affecting proximal leg and distal arm. We report a successful anesthetic management of a 68-year-old male patient with IBM undergoing ventriculoperiton...

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Main Authors: Daiki Takekawa, Hirotaka Kinoshita, Tomoyuki Kudo, Masato Kitayama, Tetsuya Kushikata, Kazuyoshi Hirota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-10-01
Series:JA Clinical Reports
Subjects:
Inclusion body myositis
General anesthesia
Regional anesthesia
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40981-017-0129-y

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