ABNORMAL RESPONSE TO ANAESTHESIA IN A CASE OF HUNTINGTON'S CHOREA
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- 1 June 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Elsevier in British Journal of Anaesthesia
- Vol. 38 (6) , 490-493
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bja/38.6.490
Abstract
A man, aged 33, suffering from Huntington's chorea, showed an abnormal response to anaesthesia on two different occasions. Prolonged apnoea followed induction. Recovery was slow and complicated by generalized tonic spasm. The abnormal response was probably associated with the neurological disorder. Thiopentone was thought to be mainly responsible for these complications.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: