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Seizures in a 77‐year‐old‐woman after a bolus dose of remifentanil
Author(s) -
Nielsen J.,
KrØigaard M.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
acta anaesthesiologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 107
eISSN - 1399-6576
pISSN - 0001-5172
DOI - 10.1111/j.0001-5172.2004.00294.x
Subject(s) - medicine , remifentanil , bolus (digestion) , anesthesia , intravenous bolus , surgery , propofol
Seizures in patients with no history of epilepsy has been associated with administration of remifentanil in two previous case reports. We present a case where a bolus dose of remifentanil (50 micrograms/kg) was followed by a self terminating generalised tonic‐clonic seizure in a patient admitted for acute hip surgery, and no previous history of epilepsy.