Articles on Anesthetics and CMT

(If you are having surgery it is recommended that you print out ALL of the articles below and give them to your doctor and anesthetist.)

• Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease and Anesthetics by Linda Crabtree with suggestions from Dr. Greg Carter, Medical Director, Providence Rehabilitation Hospital, Chehalis, WA, USA
• Anesthetics by Dr. P.J. Halsall and Professor F. R. Ellis (anesthetics and neuromuscular disease in general)
• Oxygen is NOT for hypoventilation in neuromuscular disease by E.A. Oppenheimer, MD, FCCP.
• Something about local anesthetics you should know by Jo-Ann E.T. Fox-Threlkeld, RN, PH.D. Professor, School of Nursing and Dept. of Biomedical Sciences, Co-ordinator Clinical Health Sciences (Nursing) Graduate Program McMaster University University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
• Anesthesia and the CMT Patient by Joseph F. Antognini, M.D., University of California David Medical Centre
• Anesthetics Research Journal Articles and Research Update on Thiopental
• Drugs which may aggravate or exacerbate CMT and HNPP