title: [Anesthetic management of a child with Lennox-Gastaut syndrome].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyushu 807-8555.
authors.forename: Aiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shibayama
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Takeyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sata
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000759:Adjuvants, Anesthesia; D000700:Analgesics; D000777:Anesthetics; D000927:Anticonvulsants