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PETIT MAL STATUS IN A PATIENT WITH CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
Author(s) -
Vignaendra V.,
Ghee Loh Thiam,
Lee Lim Chong
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1976.tb130148.x
Subject(s) - medicine , stupor , coma (optics) , peritoneal dialysis , chronic renal failure , dialysis , paraplegia , urinary system , chronic pyelonephritis , surgery , anesthesia , spinal cord , vomiting , psychiatry , physics , optics
A 39‐year‐old woman with traumatic spinal paraplegia and chronic renal failure had peritoneal dialysis for acute renal failure precipitated by a bout of urinary tract infection. Two weeks after the dialysis she lapsed into coma for a few days. An electroencephalogram indicated petit mal stupor as it showed generalized epileptic discharges during the initial period of her coma.