Mary C. Theroux, MD

Anesthesiologist

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware 1600 Rockland Road Wilmington, DE 19803

Biography

I am a Pediatric Anesthesiologist who works with children and adults at Nemours Delaware Valley children's hospital, since 1989. I have many years of experience taking care of complex patients and I am the lead Anesthesiologist for our skeletal dysplasia program. My interest also includes patients with cerebral palsy and patients who may have Malignant Hyperthermia susceptibility. My research interests are primarily related to skeletal dysplasia, cerebral palsy and difficult airway.

Fellowship

  • Pediatric Anesthesiology - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 1989

Residency

  • Anesthesiology - University of South Florida, 1988
  • Pediatrics - City of Faith Hospital/Oral Roberts University, 1986

Medical/Dental School

  • MD - St. John's Medical College, 1981

Board Certifications

  • American Board of Anesthesiology/Pediatric Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Anesthesiology
  • American Board of Pediatrics/General Pediatrics

  • Airway Control
  • Difficult Airway Intubation
  • General Anesthesia
  • Malignant Hyperthermia
  • Pain Management
  • Pediatric Anesthesia
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Skeletal Dysplasia

  • Anesthetic Concerns of Children With Skeletal Dysplasia; Neurosurgery Clinics of North America; (2022).

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  • Complications associated with paediatric airway management during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international, multicentre, observational study; Anaesthesia; (2022).

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  • International Consensus Statement on the diagnosis, multidisciplinary management and lifelong care of individuals with achondroplasia; Nature Reviews Endocrinology; (2022).

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  • Automated assessment of thoracic-abdominal asynchrony in patients with morquio syndrome; Diagnostics; (2021).

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  • Resistance to neuromuscular blockade by rocuronium in surgical patients with spastic cerebral palsy; Journal of Personalized Medicine; (2021).

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  • Tracheal narrowing in children and adults with mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA: evaluation with computed tomography angiography; Pediatric Radiology; (2021).

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  • Pediatric Airway Management in COVID-19 Patients: Consensus Guidelines From the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's Pediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative and the Canadian Pediatric Anesthesia Society; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (2020).

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  • Consensus Statement of the Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States on Unresolved Clinical Questions Concerning the Management of Patients With Malignant Hyperthermia; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (2019).

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  • Critical review of current MPS guidelines and management; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2019).

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  • Critical airway stenosis in an adolescent male with pompe disease and thoracic lordosis: A case report; 100 Selected Case Reports from Anesthesia and Analgesia; (2018).

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  • Molecular genetics and metabolism, special edition: Diagnosis, diagnosis and prognosis of Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2018).

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  • Natural history of Morquio A patient with tracheal obstruction from birth to death; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports; (2018).

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  • Use of caudal epidural catheter in a child with cerebral palsy with prior posterior spine (T1-sacrum) fusion; Indian Journal of Anaesthesia; (2018).

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  • Metatropic dysplasia—a skeletal dysplasia with challenging airway and other anesthetic concerns; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2017).

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  • Mucopolysaccharidosis IVA and glycosaminoglycans; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2017).

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  • Intraoperative Presentation of Malignant Hyperthermia (Confirmed by RYR1 Gene Mutation, c.7522C>T; p.R2508C) Leads to Diagnosis of King-Denborough Syndrome in a Child With Hypotonia and Dysmorphic Features: A Case Report; A & A case reports; (2017).

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  • Best practices in peri-operative management of patients with skeletal dysplasias; American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A; (2017).

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  • Obstructive airway in Morquio A syndrome, the past, the present and the future; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2016).

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  • Activity of daily living for Morquio A syndrome; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2016).

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  • Current therapies for Morquio A syndrome and their clinical outcomes; Expert Opinion on Orphan Drugs; (2016).

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  • A case series of peripheral nerve blocks in pediatrics and young adults with skeletal dysplasia; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2016).

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  • Surgical Reconstruction for Severe Tracheal Obstruction in Morquio A Syndrome; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2016).

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  • Diagnostic evaluation, monitoring, and perioperative management of spinal cord compression in patients with Morquio syndrome; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2015).

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  • Clinical relevance of echocardiogram in patients with cerebral palsy undergoing posterior spinal fusion; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2015).

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  • Non-invasive pulmonary function test on Morquio patients; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2015).

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  • Paraplegia after epidural-general anesthesia in a Morquio patient with moderate thoracic spinal stenosis,Paraplégie après anesthésie péridurale-générale chez un patient ayant un syndrome de Morquio et une sténose modérée du canal médullaire thoracique; Canadian Journal of Anesthesia; (2015).

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  • Prophylactic methylprednisolone to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes from one lung ventilation in children: A randomized clinical trial; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2015).

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  • Response to comments by Yibo et al. regarding our manuscript: Prophylactic methylprednisolone to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes from one lung ventilation in children: A randomized clinical trial; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2015).

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  • Morquio A syndrome: Diagnosis and current and future therapies; Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews; (2014).

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  • Major Surgical Procedures in Children with Cerebral Palsy; Anesthesiology Clinics; (2014).

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  • Pathogenesis of morquio A syndrome: An autopsied case reveals systemic storage disorder; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2013).

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  • Core myopathies and malignant hyperthermia susceptibility: A review; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2013).

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  • Disruption of Basal Lamina Components in Neuromotor Synapses of Children with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy; PLoS ONE; (2013).

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  • Spinal involvement in mucopolysaccharidosis IVA (Morquio-Brailsford or Morquio A syndrome): Presentation, diagnosis and management; Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease; (2013).

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  • Anesthetic care and perioperative complications of children with Morquio syndrome; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2012).

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  • Hyperoxia during one lung ventilation: Inflammatory and oxidative responses; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2012).

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  • Surfactant administration prior to one lung ventilation: Physiological and inflammatory correlates in a piglet model; Pediatric Pulmonology; (2011).

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  • Protective ventilation to reduce inflammatory injury from one lung ventilation in a piglet model; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2010).

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  • Low dose methylprednisolone prophylaxis to reduce inflammation during one-lung ventilation; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2008).

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  • C histomorphology of neuromuscular junction in Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2008).

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  • Axillary catheter for brachial plexus analgesia in children for postoperative pain control and rigorous physiotherapy - A simple and effective procedure [9]; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2007).

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  • Dysmorphic neuromuscular junctions associated with motor ability in cerebral palsy; Muscle and Nerve; (2005).

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  • Surgery and anesthesia for children who have cerebral palsy; Anesthesiology Clinics of North America; (2005).

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  • Clotting parameters and thromboelastography in children with neuromuscular and idiopathic scoliosis undergoing posterior spinal fusion.; Spine; (2004).

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  • Cytokine Release, Pancreatic Injury, and Risk of Acute Pancreatitis after Spinal Fusion Surgery; Digestive Diseases and Sciences; (2004).

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  • Plastic bronchitis: A case report; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2004).

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  • Popliteal pterygium syndrome with syngnathia; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (2003).

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  • Multimodality monitoring of transcranial electric motor and somatosensory-evoked potentials during surgical correction of spinal deformity in patients with cerebral palsy and other neuromuscular disorders; Spine; (2003).

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  • Neuromuscular junctions in cerebral palsy: Presence of extrajunctional acetylcholine receptors; Anesthesiology; (2002).

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  • Succinylcholine pretreatment using gallamine or mivacurium during rapid sequence induction in children: A randomized, controlled study; Journal of Clinical Anesthesia; (2001).

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  • The potency of succinylcholine in obese adolescents; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (2000).

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  • Juvenile laryngeal papillomatosis: Scary anaesthetic!; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (1998).

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  • Tracheal intubation for awake versus paralyzed infants with pyloric stenosis [4]; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (1998).

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  • Comparison of cuffed and uncuffed endotracheal tubes in young children during general anesthesia; Anesthesiology; (1997).

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  • A study of desmopressin and blood loss during spinal fusion for neuromuscular scoliosis: A randomized, controlled, double-blinded study; Anesthesiology; (1997).

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  • Can final EMG baseline be used as a reference to calculate neuromuscular recovery?; Acta Anaesthesiologica Scandinavica; (1997).

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  • Recovery from doxacurium infusion administered to produce immobility for more than four days in pediatric patients in the intensive care unit; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (1997).

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  • Combinations of high-dose vecuronium and mivacurium provide similar paralysis and intubation conditions to succinylcholine in paediatric patients; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (1996).

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  • Laryngeal mask airway and fiberoptic endoscopy in an infant with Schwartz- Jampel syndrome [7]; Anesthesiology; (1995).

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  • Succinylcholine sensitivity in cerebral palsy [3]; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (1995).

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  • Dose response of succinylcholine at the adductor pollicis of children with cerebral palsy during propofol and nitrous oxide anesthesia; Anesthesia and Analgesia; (1994).

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  • Intranasal midazolam - Study results challenged [4]; Pediatrics; (1994).

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  • Efficacy of intranasal midazolam in facilitating suturing of lacerations in preschool children in the emergency department; Pediatrics; (1993).

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