Are pediatric patients with PHACE association at high risk for anesthetic complications?

Are pediatric patients with PHACE association at high risk for anesthetic complications? Paediatr Anaesth. 2020 Oct 20;: Authors: Escarza BS, Cruz-Beltran S, Lessans G, Austin TM, Lam HV Abstract PHACE association (posterior fossa malformations, hemangiomas, arterial anomalies, coarctation of the aorta, and eye abnormalities) is a rare X-linked neurocutaneous association that occurs more frequently in females.1-5 Cerebrovascular anomalies are most common among PHACE association patients (57%), followed by cardiovascular (43%), eye (16%), ventral developmental defects (21%), and endocrine abnormalities (6%).5 To date, there are a few case reports of the anesthetic management of children with PHACE .1,3 The purpose of this retrospective case series is to report the perioperative complications in children with PHACE at a large pediatric academic tertiary referral center. PMID: 33078456 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Paediatric Anaesthesia - Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Tags: Paediatr Anaesth Source Type: research