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Bronchospasm induced by propofol in a patient with sick house syndrome
Jun-ichi Hattori1, Naoyuki Fujimura, Noriaki Kanaya
1Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Sapporo Medical University, Japan. jhattori@sapmed.ac.jp
Anesthesia and Analgesia
|December 31, 2002
Abstract
Implications:
Propofol is often used in patients with asthma, but it can induce bronchospasm. We report a patient with sick house syndrome (nonspecific complaints of mucosal irritation, headache, nausea, and chest symptoms) who suffered bronchospasm. This case suggests that propofol is not always a safe anesthetic for patients with asthma, especially drug-induced asthma.