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Cri-du-Chat Syndrome

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

Difficult AirwayVideo LaryngoscopeAspirationCopious SecretionsSkeletal Muscle WeaknessParalytic SensitivityHypothermiaAvoid HypothermiaCareful PositioningAvoid StressorsSensorineural Hearing Loss

Pathophysiology

Cri-du-chat syndrome is a partial or complete deletion of the short arm of chromosome 5, most often terminal and de novo. Incidence is 1 in 15,000 to 1 in 50,000 live births. Two regions carry the...

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