In conclusion i found anesthesia for genetic metabolic and dysmorphic syndromes of childhood to be an exceedingly valuable tool for the clinician when presented with a patient with a congenital syndrome providing a comprehensive review of clinical findings and the pertinent anesthetic implications it compares very favorably with the equally excellent and comprehensive text by bissonnette . Anesthesia for genetic metabolic and dysmorphic syndromes of childhood m stokes search for more papers by this author is a success because this is essentially what the authors both practising anasthetists have done rare and common disorders are described in an encyclopaedic format starting with syndromes which begin with a number . Anesthesia for genetic metabolic and dysmorphic syndromes of childhood anesthesia for genetic metabolic and dysmorphic syndromes of childhood 2nd edn anesthesia for genetic metabolic and dysmorphic syndromes of childhood bja british journal of anaesthesia volume 99 . In this second edition of anesthesia for genetic metabolic and dysmorphic syndromes of childhood baum and oflaherty have once again made available to their anesthesiology colleagues worldwide a broad review of rare disorders therefore preserving the essence of the first edition while refreshing previous phenotypic descriptions with an evolving genomically based approach