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Asian J Surg
September 2024
Department of Pediatrics, First People's Hospital of Zigong City, Sichuan Province, Zigong, 643000, China. Electronic address:
Case Rep Anesthesiol
March 2024
Department of Anesthesiology, MetroHealth Medical Center, 2500 MetroHealth Drive, Cleveland, OH 44109, USA.
Midazolam is a widely used benzodiazepine due to its rapid onset of action and relatively safe side effect profile. It is used for sedation, anxiolysis, and induction of general anesthesia. However, in <1% of instances, it may cause a paradoxical excitement: agitation, restlessness, myoclonus, stiffening of the limbs, and aggression.
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January 2024
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, IL, USA.
Objective: The objective of this umbrella review was to examine various pharmacologic interventions for their potential to reduce etomidate-induced myoclonus. A secondary objective was to compare the relative effectiveness of those medications in reducing the incidence of myoclonus when etomidate is utilized for the induction of general anesthesia.
Introduction: Etomidate is the drug of choice when inducing general anesthesia in hemodynamically unstable patients.
Cureus
May 2023
Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidad de Costa Rica, San José, CRI.
Tetanus is a bacterial infection caused by the toxin of . While it primarily affects newborns, people with incomplete vaccination schedules, it can also impact people of any age, especially in developing countries. Even though in the last 20 years several initiatives have been implemented worldwide to reduce the impact of this disease, regions like South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa have registered mortality rates highest since 2015-2019.
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March 2023
Klinisk Farmakologisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital.
The spasmolytic agent baclofen is regarded as having a low dependence potential. This is a case report of a 46-year-old woman with an escalating use of baclofen to four times the highest recommended dose. She was initially admitted to hospital due to decreased consciousness.
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