Stiff Person Syndrome and Anesthesia: Case Report
- 1 August 2003
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Anesthesia & Analgesia
- Vol. 97 (2) , 486-487
- https://doi.org/10.1213/01.ane.0000072701.97699.79
Abstract
This case report describes the successful perioperative management of a patient with a rare and disabling neurologic disorder, the stiff person syndrome. The patient had a delayed emergence despite apparent full reversal of neuromuscular blockade. We suggest an interaction between the GABAergic effects of baclofen and volatile anesthetics as a possible cause.Keywords
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