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Becker Muscular Dystrophy (BMD)

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Avoid SuccinylcholineHyperkalemiaSkeletal Muscle WeaknessArrhythmiasReduced Cardiac OutputCareful PositioningRhabdomyolysis

Pathophysiology

Becker muscular dystrophy (BMD) is an X-linked recessive dystrophinopathy caused by mutation at Xp21 that leaves a partially functional dystrophin rather than none at all, the reading-frame...

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