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Mitochondrial Disease and Anaesthesia

Varun Desai1† , Jon Salicath2

1 Provisional Anaesthetic Fellow, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia

2 Anaesthetic Consultant, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia

Edited by: Dr. Michael Cooper, Anaesthetic Consultant, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Australia †

Corresponding author e-mail: varun.desai@health.nsw.gov.au

Published November 10, 2020

Abstract

This article will briefly review mitochondrial biology, mitochondrial diseases and anaesthetic implications. This includes the preoperative assessment, intraoperative and postoperative management, and a review of the literature to assess the safety of commonly used intraoperative drugs.

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