Objectives: To determine the frequency of children with chronic respiratory failure (CRF) and home ventilator dependence undergoing surgery at a tertiary children's hospital, and to describe periprocedural characteristics and outcomes.
Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of patients with CRF and home ventilator dependence who underwent noncardiac surgery from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2019. Descriptive statistics were used to report patient and procedural characteristics.
Background: Patients with mucopolysaccharidoses (MPS) have physical changes to their airways over time. Due to the natural progression of their disease, these patients become more difficult to intubate as they get older.
Aims: The aims of this study were to evaluate the difficulty of airway management in MPS patients over time, and to evaluate the effect of bone marrow transplant and/or enzyme replacement therapy on airway difficulty.
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