Spontaneous excitatory movements during recovery from propofol anaesthesia in an infant: EEG evaluation.
Spontaneous excitatory movements have been observed during recovery from propofol anaesthesia in children. Epilepsy has been postulated as a possible mechanism to explain these movements. We report the first case in which these spontaneous excitatory movements were studied using simultaneous multichannel EEG recordings.
Borgeat
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Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland.
Wilder-Smith
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Despland
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Ravussin
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D000513:Alpha Rhythm; D000762:Anesthesia Recovery Period; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D003700:Delta Rhythm; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D015742:Propofol; D013826:Theta Rhythm; D013997:Time Factors
D015742:Propofol