The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy.

Silva, T M; Hernández-Fustes, O J; Bueno, M L; Varela, A M; Machado, S

Silva, T M; Hernández-Fustes, O J; Bueno, M L; Varela, A M; Machado, S.

Afiliação

Silva TM; Epilepsy Center, Neurology Department, Cajuru University Hospital, Pontifical Catholic University, Paraná, Brazil.

Arq Neuropsiquiatr ; 58(2A): 348-50, 2000 Jun.

Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10849639

RESUMO

The usual drug used in the Wada test is amobarbital, but it is not available in Brazil. Propofol was already used by Bazin et al. in 1998, and in their report the test resulted good in the absence of any adverse effect. We report the use of propofol as the anesthetic for the Wada test. The test was carried out in a 26 years old woman with temporal medial lobe epilepsy refractory to medical treatment. Language functions and memory were tested after injection in both hemispheres by three procedures (Seattle, Montreal and Interview procedures). Propofol showed to be good to carry on the Wada test.

Assuntos

Anestésicos Intravenosos; Epilepsia do Lobo Temporal/cirurgia; Testes de Linguagem; Memória/fisiologia; Propofol; Adulto; Feminino; Lateralidade Funcional; Humanos; Cuidados Pré-Operatórios/métodos

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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Propofol / Anestésicos Intravenosos / Epilepsia do Lobo Temporal / Testes de Linguagem / Memória Limite: Adult / Female / Humans Idioma: En Revista: Arq Neuropsiquiatr Ano de publicação: 2000 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Brasil País de publicação: Alemanha

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