Anesthesia management for a noncardiac surgery of a 59 days baby having tetralogy of fallot

Abstract

Tetralogy of Fallot occurs with the incidence of 6-10 % of congenital cyanotic heart diseases and has a high mortality rate. Anesthesia for noncardiac surgery in small babies with this kind of disease has not been reported in the literature. Here we report anesthesia given successfully to a 59 days baby who had tetral-ogy of Fallot and underwent an operation for the correction of ileal dublication