title: Stiff person syndrome and anesthesia: case report.
abstract: This case report describes the successful perioperative management of a patient with a rare and disabling neurologic disorder, the stiff person syndrome. The patient had a delayed emergence despite apparent full reversal of neuromuscular blockade. We suggest an interaction between the GABAergic effects of baclofen and volatile anesthetics as a possible cause.
authors.affiliation: *Departments of Anesthesiology and †Neurology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jans
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bouw
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Leendertse
authors.forename: Marina A J
authors.initials: MAJ
authors.lastname: Tijssen
authors.forename: Misa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dzoljic
mesh_terms: D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009123:Muscle Hypotonia / Q000209:etiology; D016750:Stiff-Person Syndrome