Convulsions with propofol: A rare adverse event

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-71

  Garg, R ^a   Dehran, M ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Anticonvulsant; Convulsions; Propofol; Seizures

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM; ELECTROLYTE; FENTANYL; GLUCOSE; LIDOCAINE; MIDAZOLAM; PROPOFOL; RANITIDINE; THIOPENTAL;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CHRONIC CHOLECYSTITIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVALESCENCE; CONVULSION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; EXCITOTOXICITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; HEMODYNAMIC MONITORING; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHESIA; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RARE DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANESTHESIA, INTRAVENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDAZOLAM; MIDDLE AGED; PROPOFOL; SEIZURES; THIOPENTAL;

EID: 61649102267     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.48444     Document Type: Article

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