Polymyoclonus seizure resulting from accidental injection of tranexamic acid in spinal anesthesia

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1984-1986

  Mohseni, Kamal ^a   Jafari, Alireza ^a,b   Nobahar, Mohammad Rezvan ^a   Arami, Ali ^a  

^a MILAD HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; PHENYTOIN; THIOPENTAL; TRANEXAMIC ACID; VALPROIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MYOCLONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL ANESTHESIA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; SEIZURE;

ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; ANESTHESIA, SPINAL; ANTICONVULSANTS; ANTIFIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCLONUS; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PHENYTOIN; SEIZURES; THIOPENTAL; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

EID: 66349098659     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181a04d69     Document Type: Article

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