Late profound muscle weakness following heart transplantation due to Danon disease.

Introduction: Postoperative muscle weakness is a serious complication in surgical intensive care patients. It is mostly described as critical illness polyneuromyopathy. Risk factors include intensive care length of stay, sepsis, poor glycemic control, and combined use of corticosteroids and neuromuscular blocking agents, malnutrition, and electrolyte imbalance.

Anesthesia for patients with pulmonary hypertension.

Purpose Of Review: Patients with pulmonary hypertension who undergo anesthesia and surgery have high morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in our understanding of pulmonary hypertension and its therapy provide an opportunity to improve outcomes.

Recent Findings: Pulmonary hypertension can be classified into several subtypes, each with its own causes, pathophysiology, and therapy.