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

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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

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

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