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Anesthetic management of a child with autistic spectrum disorder and homocysteinemia
Deepak Choudhary, Ghansham Biyani, Pradeep Kumar Bhatia, Nikhil Kothari
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
Correspondence Address:
Deepak Choudhary
Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, 3rd Floor, OPD Block, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0973-0311.183573
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Autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability of the central nervous system with rapid worsening. A subset of patients also has mitochondrial dysfunction leading to increased sensitivity to various anesthetic agents. Rarely, gene mutation in these patients results in homocysteinemia which causes higher incidences of thromboembolism, hypoglycemia, and seizures. Anesthetic management of ASD with homocysteinemia and refractory seizures has not been previously reported. |
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