Premium
Prolonged seizure‐like phenomena in an English springer spaniel after total intravenous anaesthesia with propofol
Author(s) -
Monticelli Paolo,
Seymour Christopher John
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
veterinary record case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.165
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 2052-6121
DOI - 10.1136/vetreccr-2015-000251
Subject(s) - medicine , propofol , levetiracetam , anesthesia , phenobarbital , bronchoscopy , general anaesthesia , intravenous sedation , refractory (planetary science) , epilepsy , surgery , sedation , pharmacology , physics , psychiatry , astrobiology
Propofol is an anaesthetic agent commonly used for both induction and maintenance of general anaesthesia and has been associated with seizure‐like phenomena (SLP) in both veterinary and human medicine. This case report describes an English springer spaniel with no previous history of neurological symptoms, which exhibited SLP after propofol anaesthesia for bronchoscopy. The SLP were refractory to treatment for 13 hours, but steadily improved after administration of phenobarbital and levetiracetam. To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first report of their use to manage SLP.