Anesthetic Management of the Patient with Mitochondrial Disease: A Review of Current Best Evidence.

Anesthetic management of the patient with mitochondrial disease (MD) requires thoughtful preoperative planning and hypervigilant perioperative monitoring. MD affects 1 in 4,000 persons and is often an unfamiliar topic to the anesthesia provider. This review aims to inform the anesthetist on important considerations in perioperative management of MD.