Seizures in a 77-year-old-woman after a bolus dose of remifentanil.
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.
Department of Anaesthesiology, Gentofte University Hospital, DK-2900 Hellerup, Denmark. jonasnielsen@dadlnet.dk
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D000368:Aged; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010880:Piperidines / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000077208:Remifentanil
D010880:Piperidines; D000077208:Remifentanil