Propofol infusion syndrome resuscitation with extracorporeal life support: A case report and review of the literature

Annals of Intensive Care

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Mayette, Michael ^a   Gonda, Jeremy ^a   Hsu, Joe L ^a   Mihm, Frederick G ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiogenic shock; Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; Propofol infusion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIODARONE; BICARBONATE; BILIRUBIN; CAFFEINE; CALCIUM; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CEFTRIAXONE; CREATINE KINASE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; INSULIN; LIDOCAINE; LORAZEPAM; MAGNESIUM; MIDAZOLAM; OPIATE; PHENYTOIN; POLYSTYRENESULFONATE SODIUM; POTASSIUM; PROPOFOL; TROPONIN; VALPROIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN; VASOPRESSIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ACUTE LIVER FAILURE; ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERY CATHETER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR JUNCTION ARRHYTHMIA; BLOOD PATCH; CASE REPORT; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE INFECTION; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; DRUG DOSE ESCALATION; DRUG DOSE INCREASE; DRUG DOSE TITRATION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART VENTRICLE CONDUCTION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; HYPERKALEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIC SHOCK; INDUCED HYPOTHERMIA; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LIQUORRHEA; LUNG DISEASE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENINGITIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MIXED ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGURIA; PEAK INSPIRATORY FLOW; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPOFOL INFUSION SYNDROME; QRS COMPLEX; RETURN OF SPONTANEOUS CIRCULATION; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE;

EID: 84887161930     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21105820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2110-5820-3-32     Document Type: Review

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