The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
| Autor: | TICYANA M. SILVA, OTTO J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES, MARISTELA L. BUENO, OLGA J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES, ALEXANDRE M. VARELA, SILVIO MACHADO |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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| Zdroj: | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol 58, Iss 2A, Pp 348-350 (2000) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 1678-4227 0004-282X |
| DOI: | 10.1590/S0004-282X2000000200024 |
| Popis: | 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. |
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