Seizures in a 77-year-old-woman after a bolus dose of remifentanil.

Nielsen, J; Krøigaard, M · Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · 2004

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Seizures in patients with no history of epilepsy has been associated with administration of remifentanil in two previous case reports. We present a case where a bolus dose of remifentanil (50 micrograms/kg) was followed by a self terminating generalised tonic-clonic seizure in a patient admitted for acute hip surgery, and no previous history of epilepsy.

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