@teachmedoc: ‼️PSA- Reported deaths in children of Venezuelan descent who have anesthesiology for minor elective surgery. This seems to stem from a mitochondrial DNA defect in normal children of Venezuelan mothers. It's new and cases have been reported in Chile, Spain, Colombia and the US. 📝Guidelines for elective surgery in kids should include screening for Venezuelan descent and avoidance of proprofol and inhaled anesthetics for these kids. Genetic testing for mitochondrial DNA defects should also be done. #kidshealth #surgeryprecautions #anesthesia

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m8rions
MamaS :
Wait, they must perform surgeries in Venezuela. What do they use for anesthesia there?
2025-12-17 22:52:51
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mikrocosmos
ali :
ummm as a colombian i’m worried ? 😅
2025-12-18 01:50:13
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itsvflgirl
itsvflgirl :
Are you kidding me, I swear being Venezuelan feels like a life long curse lmao
2025-12-20 09:55:59
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17585748273642a :
My son had surgery last week and they asked if we had any Venezuelan ancestry before they anesthetized him
2025-12-17 04:32:57
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miamigirlmd
miamigirlmd :
First time hearing about this and I’m an anesthesiologist
2025-12-17 12:12:55
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banishminibar
Mariana :
I am Venezuelan and I have a hard time coming out of anesthesia, my son had surgery last year and was also hard for him to get out of anesthesia this is so interesting
2025-12-18 00:22:44
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zrcm2
Mari :
One more thing to deal as a Venezuelan 😭
2025-12-19 05:38:09
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trashpanda422
trashpanda42 :
I’m Venezuelan and had the nastiest reaction to propofol - it’s now in my chart to not use that. But I also have a genetic condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. Now I’m curious if EDS is more prevalent in Venezuelan people but bc of the lack of resources in the country if it’s not studied enough.
2025-12-18 03:44:52
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caittheg8t
Caitlin :
Boosting; no additional information to provide but interesting to learn. I hope we can get answers and children don’t continue to have negative outcomes.
2025-12-16 21:58:22
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rivainii
Vivid :
Is it some kind of allergy for a lack of a better term? Also there’s so many types of ethnic groups in Venezuela…I have so many questions
2025-12-18 03:18:06
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me87707
Me :
But Venezuelan have different descendants, Italian , Spanish, Portuguese, German, polish, Asian and so many more.
2025-12-18 17:55:25
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litapao87
karla perez :
Do you have any articles? This is interesting
2025-12-17 18:39:38
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user464937651
User46493765 :
wtf is happening in Venezuela
2025-12-17 17:22:56
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nohelytuli
nohelytuli :
Mi hijo es el caso de Utah y con 2 pruebas genéticas incluso la prueba mitocondrial no arrojó nada hay mucho más por saber acerca de este lamentable caso
2025-12-18 05:27:41
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sheesha1984
Sheesh :
What's medical the significance of highlighting elective procedures specifically? Because they were thought to be healthy or a specific anesthesia is being used compared to non-elective procedures?
2025-12-17 20:10:45
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sh0pg1rl
sh0pgirl :
This is wild, it kind of reminds me how redheads react to anesthesia differently also. Maybe genetics do have a role to play in more things than we realize.
2025-12-18 11:31:19
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tabethahale
Tabetha :
they asked about this just last week at my daughter's surgery.
2025-12-18 01:05:17
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mthelacrewz
Marcos 🐦 :
I’ve seen Venezuelan doctors abroad state on tiktok that they find this information very intriguing since they report the wide use of these anesthetics in Venezuela without adverse events. What’s going on?
2025-12-19 05:33:57
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butterflyannegirl
Butterflyannegirl :
How heartbreaking but I’m glad that people started noticing a trend. Hopefully it’s figured out sooner rather than later.
2025-12-17 02:01:58
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blechbot
Blechblot :
The fact that your first thought was racism scares me to no end.
2025-12-17 13:04:30
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roxettesalas
Roxette :
Damn one more thing to worry as a Venezuelan lmao. Does this only happen in children tho? I have a lot of friends that underwent plastic surgery here in the states and they were fine
2025-12-19 13:56:16
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immatureamateur
immatureamateur :
Malignant hyperthermia is generic, I'm wondering if it's a similar mechanism of cascade?
2025-12-17 02:20:51
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tiffkittt
Tif :
this is epigenetics, very interesting
2025-12-17 22:18:11
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emichellee
Michelle :
only if the mother is Venezuelan? I'm not Venezuelan but my husband is and we're about to have a baby, I hope there are no issues :(
2025-12-18 01:17:53
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tifkin
Tifkin 🕊️ :
This sounds like a Trump trap
2025-12-17 06:49:52
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