| Experience of Suspected Propofol Infusion Syndrome in a Status Epilepticus Patient: A case report. |
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Young Ho Jung, Dong Uk Kang, Sang Seok Lee, Yun Hee Lim, Byung Hoon Yoo, Jun Heum Yon |
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Sanggye Paik Hospital, College of Medicine, Inje University, Seoul, Korea. anelim1@sanggyepaik.ac.kr |
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| Abstract |
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Propofol is used for the treatment of refractory status epilepticus. When given as a long-term infusion, in combination with catecholamines and/or steroids, propofol rarely causes the fatal complication, known a propofol infusion syndrome. Herein, the case of a previously healthy 8-years-old boy with status epilepticus is reported. He was treated with propofol, in doses ranging from 8.6 to 10.9 mg/kg/h, for 43 hours. The propofol resulted in multiple organ failure, with rhabdomyolysis, which caused the death of the patient. This case fulfills all the criteria of propofol infusion syndrome. |
| Key Words:
multiple organ failure; propofol; propofol infusion syndrome; status epilepticus |
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