title: Pramipexole-responsive acute restless arms syndrome after surgery under general anesthesia: Case report and literature review.
abstract: We reported a case of acute restless arms syndrome occurring after colorectal surgery under general anaesthesia. This case was also compared with other cases of restless legs/arms syndromes occurring in a perioperative context through a literature review. As the restless legs syndrome, the restless arms syndrome can be exacerbated by perioperative procedures and improved with pramipexole from the first day of treatment. This case reinforces the idea that the restless arms syndrome seems to be subsumed along with the restless legs syndrome, and is a further argument to use the diagnosis term "restless limb syndrome" for the restlessness of any limb with clinical features similar to the restless legs syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 43, bouelvard du 11-Novembre-1918, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; Department of consultation-liaison psychiatry, hospices civils de Lyon, 95, boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron, France; Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR5292, PSYR2 Team, Lyon neuroscience research center, centre hospitalier Le Vinatier, 95, boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron, France. Electronic address: clement.dondecoquelet@gmail.com.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dondé
authors.affiliation: Department of sleep medicine and respiratory diseases, hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, hospices civils de Lyon, 103, grande rue de la Croix-Rousse, 69004 Lyon, France; Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR5292, NEUROPAIN Team, Lyon neuroscience research center, 95, boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peter-Derex
authors.affiliation: Department of consultation-liaison psychiatry, hospices civils de Lyon, 95, boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pitance
authors.affiliation: Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 43, bouelvard du 11-Novembre-1918, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; Department of digestive surgery, centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cotte
authors.affiliation: Department of neurology, centre hospitalier Lyon-Sud, hospices civils de Lyon, 165, chemin du Grand-Revoyet, 69310 Pierre-Bénite, France.
authors.forename: P-M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Gonnaud
authors.affiliation: Université Claude-Bernard Lyon 1, 43, bouelvard du 11-Novembre-1918, 69100 Villeurbanne, France; Department of consultation-liaison psychiatry, hospices civils de Lyon, 95, boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron, France; Inserm U1028, CNRS UMR5292, PSYR2 Team, Lyon neuroscience research center, centre hospitalier Le Vinatier, 95, boulevard Pinel, 69675 Bron, France.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saoud
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001132:Arm; D052160:Benzothiazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D018491:Dopamine Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009468:Neuromuscular Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077487:Pramipexole; D012148:Restless Legs Syndrome
chemical_list: D052160:Benzothiazoles; D018491:Dopamine Agonists; D000077487:Pramipexole
keywords: Acute; Perioperative procedure; Pramipexole; Restless arms syndrome; Restless legs syndrome