Status epilepticus following enflurane anaesthesia
- 1 September 1986
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 41 (9), 927-930
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1986.tb12918.x
Abstract
Two patients had generalised convulsions which occurred several hours after anaesthesia supplemented with enflurane. 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.Keywords
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