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Effect of priming in preventing myoclonic movements after intravenous induction with etomidate in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery: a randomised controlled interventional study

Journal of Applied Pharmaceutical Research, 2022
Etomidate is a hypnotic drug used as an intravenous anaesthetic induction agent. Etomidate causes myoclonic movements in 50-80% patients after induction which makes it less desirable for induction.
Mukesh K Sunda, Kanchan Chauhan, Rajeev Kumar Prajapati, Krishna Boliwal   +3 more
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Myoclonus-dystonia : distinctive motor and non-motor phenotype from other dystonia syndromes [PDF]

, 2019
Background: myoclonus-dystonia (M-D) due to a pathogenic variant of SGCE is an autosomal dominant inherited movement disorder. Apart from motor symptoms, psychiatric disorders are highly prevalent in patients with MD.
Bartels, Anna L., Bergmans, Bruno, Kuiper, Anouk, Santens, Patrick, Smit, Marenka, Tijssen, Marina A. J., Timmers, Elze R., van der Stouwe, A. M. Madelein, van der Veen, Sterre   +8 more
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Palatal myoclonus secondary to neurosarcoidosis

Clinical Case Reports, 2020
Palatal myoclonus can be primary or secondary. In primary palatal myoclonus, no obvious structural brain lesions can be found within the triangle of Guillain and Mollaret.
Devanshi Dharaiya, Anza B. Memon
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Comparison of the influence of low dose etomidate and propofol as priming dose on the incidence of etomidate induced myoclonus: a randomised, double-blind clinical trial

Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology, 2022
Background: Though hemodynamically stable, etomidate is known for its myoclonus side effect following induction. The main aim of this study is an effective attempt to decrease the incidence of myoclonus with a priming agent.
Srilata Moningi, G. Poojitha Reddy, Sapna Annaji Nikhar, Ramakrishna Chikkala, Dilip Kumar Kulkarni, Gopinath Ramachandran   +5 more
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Improvement of post-hypoxic action myoclonus with levetiracetam add-on therapy: A case report [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction. Chronic post-anoxic myoclonus, also known as Lance-Adams syndrome, may develop following hypoxic brain injury, and is resistant to pharmacological therapy. Case report.
Božić Ksenija, Divjak Ivana, Gebauer-Bukurov Ksenija, Ješić Aleksandar, Sakalaš Lorand   +4 more
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Criteria for the diagnosis of corticobasal degeneration [PDF]

, 2013
Current criteria for the clinical diagnosis of pathologically confirmed corticobasal degeneration (CBD) no longer reflect the expanding understanding of this disease and its clinicopathologic correlations.
Armstrong, Melissa J, Bak, Thomas H, Bhatia, Kailash P, Borroni, Barbara, Boxer, Adam L, Dickson, Dennis W, Grossman, Murray, Hallett, Mark, Josephs, Keith A, Kertesz, Andrew, Lang, Anthony E, Lee, Suzee E, Litvan, Irene, Miller, Bruce L, Reich, Stephen G, Riley, David E, Tolosa, Eduardo, Tröster, Alexander I, Vidailhet, Marie, Weiner, William J   +19 more
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A History of Dystonia: Ancient to Modern [PDF]

, 2017
Before 1911, when Hermann Oppenheim introduced the term dystonia, this movement disorder lacked a unifying descriptor. While words like epilepsy, apoplexy, and palsy have had their meanings since antiquity, references to dystonia are much harder to ...
Deborah Thorpe, Jane Alty, Peter Kempster, Rachel Newby   +3 more
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Spectrum of de novo movement disorders in the setting of COVID-19 infection: Part 2: Hyperkinetic movement disorders

Annals of Movement Disorders, 2022
Movement disorders are relatively sparse amongst COVID-19 patients. However, in the setting of large number of COVID-19 cases, relatively rare acute to subacute onset, para-infectious or post-infectious movement disorders such as myoclonus and myoclonus ...
Mitesh Chandarana, Heli Shah, Soaham Desai   +2 more
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Lafora Disease Masquerading as Hepatic Dysfunction [PDF]

, 2018
Lafora disease is fatal intractable progressive myoclonic epilepsy. It is frequently characterized by epileptic seizures, difficulty walking, muscle spasms, and dementia in late childhood or adolescence.
Abdullah, Hafez Mohammad A., Ali, Nouman Safdar, Ilyas, Ghulam, Inayat, Faisal, Khan, Zarak H., Lodhi, Hanan T., Ullah, Waqas   +6 more
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Safety and efficacy of etomidate and propofol anesthesia in elderly patients undergoing gastroscopy: A double-blind randomized clinical study [PDF]

, 2016
The aim of the present study is to compare the safety, efficacy and cost effectiveness of anesthetic regimens by compound, using etomidate and propofol in elderly patients undergoing gastroscopy.
Cao, Chen, Chen, Rong, Jiang, Meng, Lee, Chris C, Leng, Yan, Li, Wei, Liu, Hui-Min, Meng, Qing-Tao, Tang, Ling-Hua, Wu, Yang, Xia, Zhong-Yuan   +10 more
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