DOI: 10.1097/00000539-200112000-00040
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Issn Print: 0003-2999
Publication Date: 2001/12/01
Generalized Tonic-Clonic Activity After Remifentanil Administration
Gary W. Haber; Ronald S. Litman
Excerpt
Virtually all opioids have been implicated in numerous forms of neuroexcitation, ranging from altered mental status to generalized tonic-clonic seizures (1–6). We report a sudden generalized tonic-clonic episode with loss of consciousness in a healthy adult patient who received remifentanil alone.