Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
Mainstream Physician To
See Beyond Autism
Autism ONE Conference May
2009
4/10/08
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Resources
• http://www.autism.com - Autism Research
Institute
• Pub Medline is an online medical journal
web site:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez
• Book: Dorland’s Illustrated Medical
Dictionary
• Book: Prescription for Nutritional Health and
Healing by Balch and Balch
• Keep all your reports in a binder
• Join parent support groups in your area
• Join yahoo groups
Part 2: Anesthesia
Professional Resources
Identification and Evaluation of Children
Management of Children with Autism Sp
What Your Anesthesiologist Does
Not Know
• That your child has a medical disease
not a mental disease.
• Our children have gastrointestinal
dysfunction, immune system
dysregulation, inflammation,
mitochondrial dysfunction, heavy
metal poisoning, oxidative stress,
chronic inflammation.
• May not be able to metabolize drugs
efficiently; impaired detoxification.
Awareness
Cerebral Palsy vs Autism
ANESTHESIA
• Intravenous
• Inhalation
Versad
Midazolam
• A benzodiazepine that is used for
sedation, amnesia, anti-anxiety.
• Short acting; used in surgery
settings; given as pre-op medication.
• Oral, nasal, IM or IV.
• May be combined with ketamine and
atropine in oral or IM.
Diprivan
Propofol
• Dissociative anesthetic.
• Does not depress respirations.
• Used as injection for sedation to start
an IV and for short surgical procedures.
• Given orally, IM or IV.
• May be given with Versad.
• Typical side effects include open eyes,
nystagmus, increased salivation and
emergence delirium.
Nitrous Oxide
• http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/349/1/4
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When Nitrous Oxide is No
Laughing Matter
• Pediatric Anesthesia
Volume 17 Issue 9 Pages 824 - 830
• http://www.pedsanesthesia.org/meeting
s/2007winter/pdfs/BaumFriday3-9-07-
1050am.pdf
Nitrous Oxide Induced Elevation Of
Plasma Homocysteine And
Methylmalonic Acid Levels And
Their Clinical Implications
The Internet Journal of Anesthesiology 2004 : Volume 8
Number 2
• Activated Charcoal
• DMG, TMG, methyl B12, methylfolate
• Epsom Salt Baths
• Silymarin (milk thistle)
• Bentonite Clay
• Antioxidants - Vitamin A, C , E
• Magnesium
• Reduced Glutathione
Other Drug
Considerations:
Augmentin (Amoxicillin
•Clavulanate)
Amoxicillin and Clavulanate Acid.
• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1560756
Tylenol
Acetaminophen
• Phenolic compound
• Tepid baths
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