Post-Spinal Anesthesia Convulsion in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation Report of a Case .

Sohn,  Ik Johng; Kang,  Nam Youn

doi:1977.10.2.169

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Korean Journal of Anesthesiology 1977;10(2):169-174.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1977.10.2.169

Post-Spinal Anesthesia Convulsion in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation Report of a Case .

Ik Johng Sohn, Nam Youn Kang

Department of Anesthesiology, Chosun University School of Medicine, Kwangju, Korea.

Abstract

A male patient with atrial fibrillation aged 74 years underwent an operation for benign hypertropic prostate under spinal anesthesia. Post-operatively he suffered from convulsions but was discharged without sequlae on the 1Sth post-operative day. The causes of symptcnmatic fits include hypoxia in general, cerebral edema, embolus hyperpyrexia, drugs, hypoglycemia, hypocalcemia and concomitant diseases including cerebrovascular accidents. Probably a combination of some of these factors caused have caused post-operative or post-spinal anesthesia convulsions.

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