Open AccessDepression of Evoked Electromyographic (EEMG) Responses by Propofol in a Patient with Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type I-Associated Myelopathy (HAM)
Author(s) -
Keiichi Nitahara,
Motoko Matsuyama,
Tadakazu Sakuragi,
Kazuo Higa
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anesthesia and analgesia/anesthesia and analgesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.404
H-Index - 201
eISSN - 1526-7598
pISSN - 0003-2999
DOI - 10.1097/00000539-200009000-00049
Subject(s) - medicine , propofol , myelopathy , depression (economics) , anesthesia , electromyography , virology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , psychiatry , spinal cord , economics , macroeconomics
We report a patient with human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I-associated myelopathy. Although muscle strength in both of the upper extremities was normal in this patient, evoked electromyogram of the adductor pollicis was depressed by propofol at the induction of anesthesia.