| Title | A patient with intractable posthypoxic myoclonus (Lance-Adams syndrome) treated with sodium oxybate. | | Author(s) | Arpesella R, Dallocchio C, Arbasino C, Imberti R, Martinotti R, Frucht SJ | | Institution | Department of Intensive Care and Emergency Unit, Ospedale Civile, Voghera, Italy. | | Source | Anaesth Intensive Care 2009 Mar; 37(2):314-8. | | 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. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 19400500 |
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