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Bone and Connective Tissue

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An 11-year-old boy with achondroplasia presents for an Ilizarov leg lengthening procedure. His admission vital signs are: HR = 92 bpm, BP = 110/80 mmHg, RR = 16/min, Hct = 34%. There is no prior history of surgery.

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  1. Children’s Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Robert S. Holzman (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia), Thomas J. Mancuso (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia, Critical Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Assistant Professor of Anaesthesia), Navil F. Sethna (Senior Associate in Perioperative Anesthesia and Pain Medicine, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia) & James A. DiNardo (Senior Associate in Cardiac Anesthesia, Associate Professor of Anaesthesia)

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Holzman, R.S., Mancuso, T.J., Sethna, N.F., DiNardo, J.A. (2010). Bone and Connective Tissue. In: Pediatric Anesthesiology Review. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1617-4_21

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