You are an anaesthesiologist preparing a 13-year-old patient with Duchenne muscular dystrophy for surgical correction of neuromuscular scoliosis from level Th4 to L4 (Cobb angle 82 degrees). Which preoperative examinations would you indicate in addition to standard preoperative examination concerning the patient's comorbidities and surgical intervention?
Cobb angle - it is determined by measuring the angle formed between two lines drawn perpendicular to the upper and lower vertebrae in the spinal deformity
CK = creatine kinase
ECG = electrocardiogram
ECHO = echocardiography
CT = Computed tomography
