Abstract
Preanesthetic evaluation was estimated on the total 1,135 cases of 890 children with cleft lip and palate Rider 6 years old who were hospitalized in the Dental Hospital of Tokyo Medical and Dental Universit y for 5 years from 1976 to 1980. The evaluation was examined and compared with 50 children without cleft lip and palate of the same age during the same period in the hospital.
The body weight and height of the children with cle ft lip and palate estimated in aperiod from 1956 to 1964 were below thestandard value. But the latest ones were almost within the normal ranges.
The values of blood tests of both groups were not far from the normal ranges. The valuesof GOT, GPT, LDH and Al--P in the serum showed. a slightly high level, but there was no evidence of the hepaticdisturban ce.
Associated birth defects were seen in 7.1%of the children with cleft lip and palate; m i crognathiain 3.8 %and congenital heart disease in 1.5 % among them.
From the view point of their physical co ndition, the anesthetic and/orsurgicalrisk was not so poor. It is important that the anesthesia should carefully be given to the children with cleft lipandpalate, as they often have complications of malformation and upper airway inflammation.
