A Case Report of Cerebral Infarction Following General Anesthesia.
10.4097/kjae.1994.27.6.643
- Author:
Seon A LIM
1
;
Kyu Chan CHO
;
Chang Kil PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Dae Jon Eul Ji General Hospital, Daejon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cerebral infarction;
Neutrological sign;
Inverse steal
- MeSH:
Aged;
Anesthesia, General*;
Cerebral Infarction*;
Diabetes Mellitus;
Female;
Femoral Neck Fractures;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Respiratory Insufficiency
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1994;27(6):643-648
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We experienced a case of aeute cerebral infaretion after operation. A 74 year old female patient slipped down and received left femoral neck fracture. Preoperatively, orthopedist, internist and anesthesiologist visited and evaluated her but could not find any suspicious symptoms related to cerebral infarction. She have suffered from hypertension and diabetes mellitus for 1Q yrs. She underwent bipolar endoprosthesis under general anesthesia. Postoperatively, she became deep drowsy and revealed respiratory depression, abnormal neurological sign and was diagnosed as acute cerebral infartion on cranial computed tomography and ultimately expired.
