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Grand mal seizure after extradural morphine analgesia
A Borgeat1, J Biollaz, B Depierraz
1Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
British Journal of Anaesthesia
|May 1, 1988
Abstract:
Following an elective Caesarean section under extradural anaesthesia, a 30-yr-old known epileptic woman (gravida 4, para 3) developed a tonic-clonic seizure, 6 h after the administration of morphine 3 mg into the extradural space. Possible aetiological factors are discussed.