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Poliomyelitis

Anesthesia Implications

Clinically reviewed by anesthesia providers · Updated

AspirationFull StomachRSICopious SecretionsSkeletal Muscle WeaknessAvoid SuccinylcholineHyperkalemiaHypoxiaLabile Blood PressureCareful PositioningPostoperative Ventilation Likely

Pathophysiology

Poliomyelitis is infection with poliovirus, an Enterovirus C in the Picornaviridae family, spread by fecal-oral contamination with replication in oropharyngeal and gastrointestinal lymphatic tissue....

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