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Aga Khan University

Department of Anaesthesia

2017

Heart defects.

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Dealing A Neonate With Charge Syndrome: Anaesthesia Perspective Of Perioperative Care, Khalid M Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali Asghar, Amjad Nadeem Dec 2017

Dealing A Neonate With Charge Syndrome: Anaesthesia Perspective Of Perioperative Care, Khalid M Siddiqui, Muhammad Ali Asghar, Amjad Nadeem

Department of Anaesthesia

CHARGE syndrome is a condition that can disturb numerous areas of human body. As an abbreviation CHARGE stands for: coloboma, heart defects, atresia choanae, and retardation of growth, genital, and ear abnormalities. The configuration of malformations differs among individuals with this disorder, and the various health issues can be life-threatening during infancy and childhood. Affected individuals typically have several main features or a combination of major and minor appearances. Here we are presenting a case report of a neonate with CHARGE syndrome who underwent successful repair of choanal atresia under general anaesthesia with invasive monitoring.