• Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Jun 2010

    Case Reports

    Epileptic seizure during anaesthesia induction with etomidate.

    • Huseyin Sen, Ayhan Algul, Mehmet Guney Senol, Alpay Ates, Emre Kilic, Sezai Ozkan, and Guner Dagli.
    • Department of Anaesthesia and Reanimation, Gülhane Military Medical Academy Haydarpasa Training Hospital, Usküdar, Istanbul, Turkey. drhuseyinsen@hotmail.com
    • Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2010 Jun 1;20(5):723-5.

    AbstractIn 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.

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