[Anesthetic management of a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome].
General anesthesia was given twice to a 9-year-old girl with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS). LGS is one of the catastrophic forms of childhood epilepsy, and very few reports describe its anesthetic management. The anesthetic concern in LGS patients is a possibility of perioperative epilepsy due to proconvulsive effects of anesthesia-related drugs and due to the interaction between anesthetics and therapeutic drugs. Fortunately, her perioperative course was uneventful. The patients having LGS should be placed under careful observation postoperatively.
Shibayama
Aiko
A
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu 807-8555.
Hara
Koji
K
Sata
Takeyoshi
T
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000777:Anesthetics / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects; D002648:Child; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000601:surgery; D004347:Drug Interactions; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D013577:Syndrome; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery
D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D000700:Analgesics; D000777:Anesthetics; D000927:Anticonvulsants