Abstract
With the focus on an idiographic approach whereby the observations incorporated the various dimensions of individual functioning ‘top-down’ to ‘bottom-up’, this case report describes the successful management of a 14-year-old girl with Kearns-Sayre syndrome and Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen disease requiring a transvenous permanent pacemaker implantation for complete heart block. The patient presented to a tertiary care centre in Muscat, Oman, in 2023 seeking consultation. The current idiographic approach appears to have a heuristic value for 2 interrelated reasons. Firstly, it is unlikely that even tertiary care units can accrue such rare presentations and scrutinise them under nomothetic approach. Secondly, by employing the idiographic approach that is capable of examining each case in-depth, the aspiration for good health and well-being may come to the forefront. To the best of the authors’ knowledge this is the first published idiographic report in anaesthesia care.
Publication details
- DOI
- 10.18295/squmj.12.2023.080
- Journal
- Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(5), 63-67
- Publisher
- Sultan Qaboos University
- Open access
- Gold open access
- License
- CC BY-ND 4.0
Cite this article
APA 7
Maddali, M. M., Munasinghe, T. D., Al Aamri, I., Al-Abri, I. A., & Al-Adawi, S. (2025). Propofol and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: An idiographic approach. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(5), 63-67. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.12.2023.080
MLA 9
Maddali, Madan M., et al. "Propofol and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: An idiographic approach." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 23, no. 5, 2025, pp. 63-67. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.12.2023.080.
Chicago (author–date)
Maddali, Madan M., Thushara D. Munasinghe, Is'haq Al Aamri, Ismail A. Al-Abri, and Samir Al-Adawi. 2025. "Propofol and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: An idiographic approach." Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal 23 (5): 63-67. https://doi.org/10.18295/squmj.12.2023.080.
Harvard
Maddali, M. M., Munasinghe, T. D., Al Aamri, I., Al-Abri, I. A. and Al-Adawi, S. (2025) 'Propofol and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: An idiographic approach', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, 23(5), pp. 63-67. doi:10.18295/squmj.12.2023.080.
Vancouver
Maddali MM, Munasinghe TD, Al Aamri I, Al-Abri IA, Al-Adawi S. Propofol and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: An idiographic approach. Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal. 2025;23(5):63-67. doi:10.18295/squmj.12.2023.080
IEEE
M. M. Maddali, T. D. Munasinghe, I. Al Aamri, I. A. Al-Abri, and S. Al-Adawi, "Propofol and Kearns-Sayre Syndrome: An idiographic approach," Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal, vol. 23, no. 5, pp. 63-67, 2025, doi: 10.18295/squmj.12.2023.080.