Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV: anesthetic considerations--case report.

Middle East J Anaesthesiol

Department of Anesthesiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53226, USA.

Published: October 2006

This report describes the anesthetic management of a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type IV. This is one of the rare genetic disorder which can present both in emergency and as a scheduled surgical case.

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