Health Issues

"To our best knowledge, this is the first report on body proportions in Kabuki syndrome. It is shown here that various body ratios in KS clearly deviate from normally proportioned children. The key differences in body proportions in KS are that these children have larger heads and longer arms proportional to their trunks and longer upper arms proportional to their tibia length and feet. Knowledge of these body proportions in KS is valuable, since it can strengthen the clinical diagnosis and provide the means to follow up on the body proportions during growth and development."

At our recent East Coast Kabuki Conference in Baltimore, the issue of anxiety in our Kabuki children was raised and I offered examples of things my husband and I had done with our daughter, Kristin (30), throughout her development.   Books or at least chapters are written on this, but I don’t want to overwhelm anyone.  I decided to limit my initial writing to the top 10 that came to my mind!

An older article, but still relevant today as authors list characteristics that may affect anesthesia care.

Anesthesiologists should be aware of a possibly difficult tracheal intubation, cardiac lesions, respiratory problems, neurological and musculoskeletal disorders and a latex allergy when dealing with the anesthetic management of a patient with Kabuki syndrome.

A review of the findings of previously published articles on the topic of growth and growth hormone therapy.

How do the developmental and social challenges of Autism compare to those of individuals with Kabuki syndrome?