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| Title |
Sedation with dexmedetomidine for conducting electroencephalogram in a patient with Angelman syndrome: a case report
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| Published in |
Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.bjane.2013.06.020 |
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| Authors |
Magda Lourenço Fernandes, Maria do Carmo Santos, Renato Santiago Gomez |
| Abstract |
Angelman syndrome is characterized by severe mental retardation and speech and seizure disorders. This rare genetic condition is associated with changes in GABAA receptor. Patients with Angelman syndrome need to be sedated during an electroencephalogram ordered for diagnostic purposes or evolutionary control. Dexmedetomidine, whose action is independent of GABA receptor, promotes a sleep similar to physiological sleep and can facilitate the performing of this examination in patients with Angelman syndrome. Female patient, 14 years old, with Angelman syndrome; electroencephalogram done under sedation with dexmedetomidine. The procedure was uneventful and bradycardia or respiratory depression was not recorded. The examination was successfully interpreted and epileptiform activity was not observed. Dexmedetomidine promoted satisfactory sedation, was well tolerated and enabled the interpretation of the electroencephalogram in a patient with Angelman syndrome and seizure disorder. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 36 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 36 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | 8 | 22% |
| Student > Master | 8 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 3 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 6 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unspecified | 8 | 22% |
| Psychology | 5 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 14% |
| Neuroscience | 4 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 7 | 19% |
| Unknown | 5 | 14% |