Ketamine Induced Seizures in an Autistic Child
An autistic child of eight years age, with attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome presented for tooth extraction under general anaesthesia. Ketamine was used for induction and the child developed seizures following its administration. Seizures were controlled, extraction done and post-operative pe...
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| description | An autistic child of eight years age, with attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome presented for tooth extraction under general anaesthesia. Ketamine was used for induction and the child developed seizures following its administration. Seizures were controlled, extraction done and post-operative period was uneventful. Ketamine was suspected to have caused seizures though safe use of Ketamine has been reported in autistic patient. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-368d5f62cb634c11be4c37d51bd3dbd12022-12-21T19:11:03ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Indian Anaesthetists' Forum0973-03112014-02-011521146Ketamine Induced Seizures in an Autistic ChildGeetanjali S VermaPrabhashankarAn autistic child of eight years age, with attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome presented for tooth extraction under general anaesthesia. Ketamine was used for induction and the child developed seizures following its administration. Seizures were controlled, extraction done and post-operative period was uneventful. Ketamine was suspected to have caused seizures though safe use of Ketamine has been reported in autistic patient.http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/Ketamine-Seizures-Autistic-Child.pdf |
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| title_short | Ketamine Induced Seizures in an Autistic Child |
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