Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 237-239, June 2008

Neuromuscular disorders: relevance to anaesthesia and intensive care

Arif H Ghazi, BSc, MBBS, FCARCSI, is a Specialist Registrar on the Imperial rotation, London. He qualified from St Bartholomew's Hospital, University of London, in 1996. His special interests include pain medicine and regional anaesthesia

Nicholas Hirsch, FRCA, FRCP, is a Consultant Neuroanaesthetist at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery and Honorary Senior Lecturer at the Institute of Neurology, London

Abstract 

Although relatively rare, patients with neuromuscular disease do present for anaesthesia and intensive care management. Although a large number of neuromuscular diseases exist, general anaesthetists or intensive care consultants are most likely to encounter the more common conditions such as motor neurone disease, Guillain–Barré syndrome, myasthenia gravis and the muscular dystrophies. This article outlines the management of these conditions.

Keywords: Guillain–Barré syndrome, motor neurone disease, muscular dystrophies, neuromuscular disease, neuromuscular junction

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PII: S1472-0299(08)00078-7

doi:10.1016/j.mpaic.2008.04.008

Anaesthesia & intensive care medicine
Volume 9, Issue 6 , Pages 237-239, June 2008

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