Acute onset Lance-Adams syndrome following brief exposure to severe hypoxia without cardiac arrest -a case report-

Acute onset Lance-Adams syndrome following brief exposure to severe hypoxia without cardiac arrest -a case report-

Myoclonic status epilepticus (MSE) within the first 24 hours after cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) predicts poor prognosis, enough to discontinue the treatment. In contrast, chronic MSE appearing a few days after CPR is called Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS), which is characterized by preserved intel...

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Main Authors: Ah-Reum Cho, Jae-Young Kwon, Joo-Yun Kim, Eun-Soo Kim, Hee-Young Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2013-10-01
Series:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
Subjects:
cardiopulmonary resuscitation
hypoxic brain damage
myoclonus
respiratory insufficiency
status epilepticus
Online Access:http://ekja.org/upload/pdf/kjae-65-341.pdf

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