Epileptic seizure during anaesthesia induction with etomidate.
In this report a 20-year-old male patient who had suffered tonic-clonic seizure after a single induction dose of etomidate until a bispectral index value of 60 is presented. Our best knowledge, this case is the first report of pure etomidate (with induction dose) induced generalized tonic clonic seizure proven with EEG. Anaesthesiologists should be careful against such a complication even in the induction stage of anaesthesia during etomidate use.
Sen
Huseyin
H
Department of Anaesthesia and Reanimation, Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Usküdar, Istanbul, Turkey. drhuseyinsen@hotmail.com
Algul
Ayhan
A
Senol
Mehmet Guney
MG
Ates
Alpay
A
Kilic
Emre
E
Ozkan
Sezai
S
Dagli
Guner
G
D000328:Adult; D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous / Q000009:adverse effects*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000139:chemically induced*; D005045:Etomidate / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D018686:Anesthetics, Intravenous; D005045:Etomidate