Korean J Anesthesiol.
1977 Dec;10(2):169-174.
Post-Spinal Anesthesia Convulsion in a Patient with Atrial Fibrillation Report of a Case
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- 1Department 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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