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cord-289235-slkqu1pt	Carrabba, Giorgio	Neurosurgery in an infant with COVID-19	2020-04-22		.txt	text/plain	488	35	42	Neurosurgery in infants with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) therefore poses a dilemma because the infection is associated with relative immune suppression and a dysregulated inflammatory response, which act as drivers of the disease. 1 From Milan, Italy, we report the case of an 8-month-old male patient with a complex hydrocephalus who had a shunt malfunction during the COVID-19 pandemic. While the baby showed upper respiratory symptoms due to COVID-19, concerns emerged regarding the need for general anaesthesia for shunt revision. To our knowledge, no reports exist regarding the risk of general anaesthesia in infants with COVID-19. Again, the baby underwent surgery under general anaesthesia without respiratory complications. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of an infant with COVID-19 undergoing neurosurgical operations under general anaesthesia. This case might reflect a general observation of relative resistance of babies and children to 4 suggesting the possibility that paucisymptomatic infants with COVID-19 can undergo major surgical procedures without additional morbidity.	./cache/cord-289235-slkqu1pt.txt	./txt/cord-289235-slkqu1pt.txt