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Anaesth Intensive Care · Mar 2009
Case ReportsA patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate.
- R Arpesella, C Dallocchio, C Arbasino, R Imberti, R Martinotti, and S J Frucht.
- Department of Intensive Care and Emergency Unit, Ospedale Civile, Voghera, Italy.
- Anaesth Intensive Care. 2009 Mar 1;37(2):314-8.
AbstractPosthypoxic myoclonus is a rare and devastating complication of near-fatal cardiopulmonary arrest. Despite treatment with available anti-myoclonic agents, some patients may recover cognitively but remain completely disabled by severe myoclonus. We report a 16-year-old patient with severe treatment-refractory posthypoxic myoclonus, which improved markedly with administration of the drug sodium oxybate.
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