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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 25, 151-152, Copyright © 1978 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Post-Operative Apnoea Caused by Breath-Holding Spells

CHARLES H. HUBBERT M.D.1

1 Pediatric Anesthesiolgy, Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, 848 Adams Ave., Memphis, Tennessee 38103, U.S.A.

After recovery from anaesthesia for a urological procedure a two-and-a-half-year-old child with a history of breath-holding spells became apnoeic and cyanotic in the immediate post-operative period. The pathophysiology of breath-holding as the cause of the apnoea is discussed. Management includes ventilation with oxygen and avoidance of inappropriate treatment with drugs to reverse muscle relaxants or narcotic anesthetics.






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