Journal of Clinical & Experimental Pharmacology

Department of Pulmonology, Pulmonary and Intensive Care Unit, Saint George Hospital University Medical Center, Beirut, Lebanon

Publications

• Short Communication   
  Lidocaine Spray Induced Seizures after Bronchoscopy
  Author(s): Malak El Ayssami*, Aline Mourad, Fadi Abou Rizk, Salim Salloum and Mounir Khoury
  
  Lidocaine spray is a commonly used local anesthetic to prevent gag reflexes in minimally invasive procedures, such as transesophageal echocardiography and bronchoscopy. Here, we report a case of a seventy-five-year-old female patient, who was scheduled for a bronchoscopy to rule out Pneumocystis carinii pneumonitis and developed a loss of consciousness with witnessed generalized tonic-clonic epileptic seizures following the use of lidocaine spray. The patient was subsequently intubated with 3 mg midazolam while oxygen was provided by a facemask at 6 liters/min. There were signs of respiratory acidosis in the blood gas analysis done post-intubation. The patient was intubated for only two hours by a mechanical ventilator and monitored overnight in the intensive care unit post successful extubation. Precautions should be taken to prevent rare adverse complications in.. View more»
  

  DOI: 10.35248/2161-1459.24.14.400

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