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‘Locked‐in’ syndrome
Author(s) -
KENNY D. J.,
LUKE D. A.
Publication year - 1989
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.1365-2044.1989.tb11374.x
Subject(s) - medicine , etiology , locked in syndrome , stroke (engine) , surgery , coronary artery bypass surgery , artery , mechanical engineering , engineering , radiology
Summary The ‘locked‐in’ syndrome has not previously been described in the immediate period after open‐heart surgery. We describe the case of a patient who remained tetraplegic and mute, but alert, after graft surgery. A brief review of the aetiological factors in the development of this type of stroke after coronary artery bypass is presented.