Severe seizures during propofol induction in a patient with syringomyelia receiving baclofen

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1468-1469

  Manikandan, Sethuraman ^a   Sinha, Prabhat K ^a   Neema, Praveen K ^a   Rathod, Ramesh C ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACLOFEN; GLYCOPYRRONIUM BROMIDE; ISOFLURANE; LIDOCAINE; NITROUS OXIDE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PROPOFOL; VECURONIUM;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANASTOMOSIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYRINGOMYELIA;

BACLOFEN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SEIZURES; SYRINGOMYELIA;

EID: 17744380028     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000151717.74547.23     Document Type: Article

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