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- Title
Anesthesia management for a child with the Koolen-de Vries syndrome: a case report.
- Authors
Zhao, Yuyi; Zuo, Yunxia
- Abstract
Background: The Koolen-de Vries syndrome (KdVS) is a relatively new rare disease caused by micro-deletion of 17q21.31 which was first reported by Koolen in 2006. Typical phenotypes for KdVS include hypotonia, developmental delay, moderate intellectual disability, and characteristic facial dysmorphism. Up to now, there was only one case report about anesthesia management of patient diagnosed KdVS. It was a 2-year-old girl who experienced an MRI exam under anesthesia. Case presentation: We described a 21-month-old boy who planned to undergo an orchidopexy under general anesthesia diagnosed with KdVS. He had an intellectual disability, characteristic facial dysmorphism, tracheo/laryngomalacia, patent foramen ovale, and cryptorchidism related to KdVS. Due to the complex condition especially the presence of tracheo/laryngomalacia, we took some special measures, including reducing the amount of long-acting opioid, keeping the spontaneous breath, performing a caudal block, and applying the laryngeal mask. But the laryngeal mask was changed to an endotracheal tube because it failed to provide adequate ventilation. The boy experienced mild laryngeal spasm and hypoxia after extubation, but lateral position and etomidate eased his breathing problem and re-intubation was avoided. It is indicated that anesthesia management for patients with orphan disease is a real challenge for all anesthesia providers. Conclusions: The Koolen-de Vries syndrome is a relatively new orphan disease involving multiple systems. Keeping spontaneous breath, evaluating airway potency to anesthetics, applying endotracheal tube, and post-extubation lateral or prone position may be helpful for airway management for patient with hypotonia and tracheo/laryngomalacia. KdVS patient needs prolonged post-anesthesia monitoring and/or medication for airway complications.
- Subjects
LARYNGOMALACIA; VENTILATION; LARYNGEAL diseases; RARE diseases; TRACHEOMALACIA; HEART septum; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PSYCHOMOTOR disorders in children; ENDOTRACHEAL tubes; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; INTELLECTUAL disabilities; CHILD development deviations; NARCOTICS; GENERAL anesthesia; LARYNGEAL masks; EXTUBATION; AIRWAY (Anatomy); PHENOTYPES; HYPOXEMIA
- Publication
BMC Anesthesiology, 2024, Vol 24, Issue 1, p1
- ISSN
1471-2253
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/s12871-024-02508-7