Postoperative pseudoepileptic seizures in a known epileptic: Complications in recovery

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 598-600

  Ng, Lenny ^a,b   Chambers, N ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anaesthesia, general; Complications; Recovery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; DALTEPARIN; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; MIDAZOLAM; NITROUS OXIDE; ONDANSETRON; OXYGEN; PROPOFOL; VALPROIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; LARYNGEAL MASK; LONG TERM CARE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PETIT MAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEPILEPTIC SEIZURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REHABILITATION; STRABISMUS; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0141893299     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeg201     Document Type: Article

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