Mary C. Theroux, MD
AnesthesiologyInsurance Accepted
- Aetna Better Health PA Kids HMO
- Aetna HMO
- Aetna PPO/EPO/POS
- Aetna PPO/POS/EPO
- Amerihealth Caritas DE - PENNSYLVANIA SPECIALISTS ONLY
- Amerihealth Caritas Delaware
- Amerihealth Caritas Delaware NJ
- Cigna & Great West HMO/POS/EPO
- Cigna & Great West PPO
- Cigna Lifesource Transplant
- Cigna/Great West HMO EPO POS
- Cigna/Great West PPO
- Delaware First Health
- Delaware Medicaid/Diamond State
- Delaware Medicare
- Devon Health Services
- Fidelis Care NJ Medicaid HMO
- First Health/Affordable PPO
- Geisinger Health Plan Commercial
- Global Medical Managment DE/PA
- Global Medical Mangment NJ
- Health Partners Medicaid/Kidz Partner HMO
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware
- Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Pennsylvania
- Highmark Medicaid Health Options
- Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
- Independance Blue Cross/Amerihealth/Keystone Health Plan
- Insurance Administrators of America
- INTEGRA Administrative Group (ClaimsBridge)
- Keystone First Medicaid HMO
- Lifetrac Transplant
- Maryland Medicaid
- Multiplan PPO
- New Jersey Medicaid
- Pennsylvania Medicaid
- Plan Vista/NPPN PPO
- Preferred Healthcare PPO
- Private Health Care Systems (PHCS)
- Qualcare HMO/POS/PPO
- Star Healthcare Network
- Three Rivers Provider Network
- Tricare/Humana Military Health Services/CHAMPVA
- United Healthcare of the Mid-Atlantic
- UPMC MCAID/CHIP PA DE
- UPMC Medicaid
- US Family Health Plan
- Wellpoint Maryland Medcaid
- Skeletal Dysplasia
Research Activities
As of 2013, I have published over 30 peer-reviewed papers on such topics as cerebral palsy, skeletal dysplasia, muscular dystrophy, and anesthesia for orthopedic surgery. I have also authored ten chapters in books used to teach new and emerging anesthesiologists.
Medical Interests
- Cerebral palsy
- One-lung ventilation
- Skeletal dysplasia
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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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Tracheal narrowing in children and adults with mucopolysaccharidosis type IVA: evaluation with computed tomography angiography; Pediatric Radiology; (2021).
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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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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鈥攁 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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Best practices in peri-operative management of patients with skeletal dysplasias; American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part A; (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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A case series of peripheral nerve blocks in pediatrics and young adults with skeletal dysplasia; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (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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Obstructive airway in Morquio A syndrome, the past, the present and the future; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2016).
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Surgical Reconstruction for Severe Tracheal Obstruction in Morquio A Syndrome; Annals of Thoracic Surgery; (2016).
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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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Diagnostic evaluation, monitoring, and perioperative management of spinal cord compression in patients with Morquio syndrome; Molecular Genetics and Metabolism; (2015).
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Paraplegia after epidural-general anesthesia in a Morquio patient with moderate thoracic spinal stenosis,Parapl茅gie apr猫s anesth茅sie p茅ridurale-g茅n茅rale chez un patient ayant un syndrome de Morquio et une st茅nose mod茅r茅e du canal m茅dullaire 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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Core myopathies and malignant hyperthermia susceptibility: A review; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (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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Disruption of Basal Lamina Components in Neuromotor Synapses of Children with Spastic Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy; PLoS ONE; (2013).
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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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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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Surgery and anesthesia for children who have cerebral palsy; Anesthesiology Clinics of North America; (2005).
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Dysmorphic neuromuscular junctions associated with motor ability in cerebral palsy; Muscle and Nerve; (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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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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Popliteal pterygium syndrome with syngnathia; Paediatric Anaesthesia; (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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