Anesthesia and Poliomyelitis: A Matched Cohort Study

(Abstracted from Anesth Analg, 122:1894–1900, 2016) Survivors of poliomyelitis, a viral infectious disease caused by 1 of the 3 strains of poliovirus, present a unique set of challenges to the anesthesiologist. Many polio survivors are unaware of the true extent of their neurologic deficits because (generally having been infected at a young age) they have naturally learned successful compensatory muscle activation patterns through childhood development that aid in the activities of daily living.
Source: Survey of Anesthesiology - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Miscellaneous Source Type: research