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STUDY OBJECTIVE: To determine anesthetic considerations for patients with de Barsy syndrome, a rare complex whose hallmark findings include cutis laxa, progeria, and multiple orthopedic and ophthalmologic abnormalities. DESIGN: Retrospective chart review. SETTING: Medical center. MEASUREMENTS: A search of Mayo Clinic medical records from 1968 to 2007 identified two patients with de Barsy syndrome who underwent a combined total of 35 anesthetics for diagnostic and surgical procedures. Data collected included: age, gender, ASA physical status, relevant comorbidities, surgical procedures, airway management, vascular access, monitoring, anesthetic induction, maintenance, and other observations. MAIN RESULTS: A wide range of anesthetics and techniques were used. Apart from 4 episodes of intraoperative hyperthermia and postoperative tachycardia, no complications were noted. These episodes may be similar to the nonmalignant hyperthermia reported in osteogenesis imperfecta and Costello syndrome patients. CONCLUSIONS: While the safety of any anesthetic technique cannot be established or extrapolated from a small series, given the extreme rarity of the syndrome, these cases suggest the relative safety of anesthesia in de Barsy syndrome patients.
