A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate

R. Arpesella; C. Dallocchio; C. Arbasino; R. Imberti; R. Martinotti; S. J. Frucht

A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate

R. Arpesella, C. Dallocchio, C. Arbasino, R. Imberti, R. Martinotti, S. J. Frucht

IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico San Matteo

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

Posthypoxic 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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	314-318
Number of pages	5
Journal	Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Volume	37
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - Mar 2009

Keywords

Cerebral hypoxia
Lance-Adams syndrome
Posthypoxic myoclonus
Sodium oxybate

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine

Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this

@article{f6d66d1931c44ab9a674be484640e5bd,

title = "A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate",

abstract = "Posthypoxic 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.",

keywords = "Cerebral hypoxia, Lance-Adams syndrome, Posthypoxic myoclonus, Sodium oxybate",

author = "R. Arpesella and C. Dallocchio and C. Arbasino and R. Imberti and R. Martinotti and Frucht, {S. J.}",

year = "2009",

month = mar,

language = "English",

volume = "37",

pages = "314--318",

journal = "Anaesthesia and Intensive Care",

issn = "0310-057X",

publisher = "Australian Society of Anaesthetists",

number = "2",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate

AU - Arpesella, R.

AU - Dallocchio, C.

AU - Arbasino, C.

AU - Imberti, R.

AU - Martinotti, R.

AU - Frucht, S. J.

PY - 2009/3

Y1 - 2009/3

N2 - Posthypoxic 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.

AB - Posthypoxic 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.

KW - Cerebral hypoxia

KW - Lance-Adams syndrome

KW - Posthypoxic myoclonus

KW - Sodium oxybate

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=65549094570&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=65549094570&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

C2 - 19400500

AN - SCOPUS:65549094570

VL - 37

SP - 314

EP - 318

JO - Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

JF - Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

SN - 0310-057X

IS - 2

ER -

A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate

Abstract

Keywords

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Other files and links

Cite this