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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 19, 198-199, Copyright © 1972 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

A Propos D'Un Cas De "Curarisation Cerebrale"

MARCEL BOULANCER M.D.1

1 Département d'Anesthésie-Réanimation, Institut de Cardiologie de Montréal, 5000 Bélangerest, Montréal 410

Several cases of intense unexpressed anxiety have been reported following administration of Droperidol/Fentanyl as a premedicant.

The present paper relates one such case. A 71-year-old lady received a total dose of 5mg Droperidol and 0.10 mg Fentanyl for transvenous pacemaker implantation performed under local anaesthesia.

The patient appeared calm and relaxed during the operation, which lasted 75 minutes. In no way did she ever express any feeling of anxiety or discomfort.

Six days later she came back for replacement of an electrode. this time she insisted on general anaesthesia. she described her frist operation as an horrifying experience. She had been comletely unable to speak, but she insisted that she had shown her discomfort by moving and sighing. she was quite belligerent to the anaesthetist whom, she belives, should have perceived the message.

Her second operation was performed under general anaesthesia and was uneventful.






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