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Status epilepticus following enflurane anaesthesia
Author(s) -
NICOLL J. M. V.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12918.x
Subject(s) - enflurane , medicine , anesthesia , status epilepticus , convulsion , epilepsy , general anaesthesia , halothane , psychiatry
Summary Two patients had generalised convulsions which occurred several hours afer anaesthesia supplemented with enpurane. One patient had to be treated for life threatening status epilepticus 7 hours after anaesthesia and the other had a myoclonic convulsion 17 hours after recovery from anaesthesia. Neither had any relevant pre‐operative history of epilepsy or convulsions. Possible synergistic roles of the metabolite of atracurium. laudanosine, as well as of cephazolin and photic stimulation, are discussed.