Familial Dysautonomia, Report of 3 Cases from Iran and a Discussion about Their General and Anaesthesia Care
نویسندگان
1 Department of Anesthesiology Critical Care and Pain Management, Lung Transplantation Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Anesthesiology, Labbafinejad Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Pediatrics, Shohada Tajrish Medical Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
doi
10.22037/nbm.v3i2.8680چکیده
Background: Familial Dysautonomia (FD) is a rare hereditary syndrome which is an autosomal recessive trait that typically affects Jewish children. Important signs and symptoms of the disorder include; diminished pain perception, absence of overflow tears, hypotonia, fainting cardiac arrhythmias and autonomic crisis.Cases Report: In this article we reported 3 cases of FD syndrome which had presented for surgical operation followed by a discussion about general care of these patients as well as Anesthesia considerations.
