Parental participation in anaesthetic induction of children can reduce distress at parental separation without any negative consequences. With proper preparation and education, parents should be encouraged to be present during the induction of general anaesthesia.

There have been no previous reports in the anaesthetic literature regarding the airway management during anaesthesia of patients with a lipid storage disease. In a 40-year period (1942-1982) at a busy paediatric hospital 15 patients with a lipid storage disease were anaesthetised on 19 occasions. Eight patients were intubated, three of them twice. No difficulties in airway management during anaesthesia were documented.

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