EDUCATION CORNER - NEUROANESTHESIA KEYWORD

Delayed Emergence from Craniotomy

Reza Gorji, MD
Reza Gorji, MD
Fenghua Li, MD

Fenghua Li, MD

Reza Gorji, MD
Fenghua Li, MD

Question:
A patient undergoing a posterior fossa craniotomy fails to emerge from anesthesia. Anesthesia consisted of sevoflurane and remifentanil and vecuronium was used for neuromuscular blockade.

Which of the following is not a reason for this problem:

  1. Patient was given high dose hydromorphone instead of remifentanil
  2. Neuromuscular blockage was not reversed
  3. Patient’s temperature last measured was 35 Celsius degree
  4. Patient is 75-year-old

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