Anesthesia for lung lavage in pediatric patient with pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

Background And Objectives: Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disorder first described in 1958. The Whole-Lung Lavage (WLL) proposed in the 1960s, remains the treatment of choice. Several techniques have been described to perform lung lavage in pediatric patients; however, all have limitation and risks.

Latex allergy in a patient with Kabuki syndrome. Case report.

Background And Objectives: The knowledge of anesthesiologists of specific aspects of patients with rare syndromes is a growing need since those patients are increasingly taken to the operating room. The objective of this report was to describe a case of latex allergy in a patient with Kabuki Syndrome, whose aspects have not been completely explained, alerting anesthesiologists for the possibility of this association.

Case Report: This is an 11 years old patient with the diagnosis of Kabuki syndrome, admitted for removal of soft tissue lesions.

Residual neuromuscular block after rocuronium or cisatracurium.

Background And Objectives: Residual neuromuscular block in the post-anesthetic recovery unit (PACU) may increase postoperative morbidity from 0% to 93%. This study aimed at evaluating the incidence of residual neuromuscular block in the PACU.

Methods: Participated in this study 93 patients submitted to general anesthesia with cisatracurium or rocuronium.

[Anesthesia in patient with moyamoya disease: case report].

Background And Objectives: Moyamoya disease is an uncommon progressive cerebral vasculopathy, more frequently diagnosed among Asian individuals, but which has also been described in Brazil. Moyamoya patients may be submitted to different surgical procedures throughout their lives. Anesthesiologists must understand the pathophysiology of the disease and institute adequate perioperative measures to improve patients' prognosis.

[Anesthesia in Mckusick-Kaufman syndrome patient: case report.].

Background And Objectives: Mckusick-Kaufman syndrome is an uncommon disease, typically characterized by hydrometrocolpos, polydactyly and congenital heart defects. These patients are often submitted to different surgical procedures throughout their lives and the anesthesiologist must be prepared to deal with possible complications. This article aimed at reporting the anesthetic management adopted for a patient with this syndrome.

[Epidural patch with dextran 40 to prevent postdural puncture headache in an HIV patient: case report.].

Background And Objectives: Postdural puncture headache is a well-known complication of spinal and epidural anesthesia and, so far, its most effective treatment is the epidural blood patch. Nevertheless this is an invasive procedure subject to severe complications. Its use in special patient populations (HIV positive patients and leukemias) is controversial.