Anesthetic management for a patient with myotonic dystrophy with remimazolam
Yasuhiro Morimoto1, Aya Yoshimatsu2, Manabu Yoshimura2
1Department of Anesthesia, Ube Industries Central Hospital, 750 Nishikiwa Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-0151, Japan. yasumorimo@gmail.com.
Background:
Patients with myotonic dystrophy may have increased sensitivity to drugs used for anesthesia. We successfully managed general anesthesia in a patient with myotonic dystrophy using a novel intravenous anesthetic, remimazolam.
Case Presentation:
The patient was a 46-year-old man, 169 cm in height, and weighing 60 kg. He was diagnosed with myotonic dystrophy 5 years previously. Phacoemulsification for both eyes was scheduled under general anesthesia. Anesthesia was induced with remimazolam 6 mg/kg/h for 1 min and maintained by continuous infusion at 0.25 mg/kg/h during surgery, a 1/4 dose of the standard infusion rate, as indexed by a bispectral index (BIS). Six minutes after remimazolam discontinuation, the patient opened his eyes on verbal command with sufficient spontaneous respiration. Flumazenil (0.2 mg) was administered to boost the patient's recovery.
Conclusion:
In addition to the short-acting anesthetic remimazolam, the presence of the antagonist flumazenil enabled complete recovery from anesthesia, without postoperative complications.
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