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Acute amphetamine abuse. Problems during general anaesthesia for neurosurgery.

Abstract
A case of unsuspected acute amphetamine abuse by a 22-year-old girl which led to serious intracranial hypertension during anaesthesia for a neurosurgical procedure is described. It was difficult to maintained anaesthesia with an intermittent positive-pressure ventilation technique using muscle relaxants, N2O and O2 and supplements of fentanyl despite large doses of pancuronium and fentanyl. The differing effects of chronic and acute amphetamine dosage on anaesthetic requirements are reviewed.
AuthorsR Michel, A P Adams
JournalAnaesthesia (Anaesthesia) 1979 Nov-Dec Vol. 34 Issue 10 Pg. 1016-9 ISSN: 0003-2409 [Print] England
PMID539636 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Amphetamines
Topics
  • Acute Disease
  • Adult
  • Amphetamines
  • Anesthesia, General (methods)
  • Brain (surgery)
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications
  • Pseudotumor Cerebri (etiology)
  • Substance-Related Disorders (complications)

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