Korean J Anesthesiol.  1969 Jan;2(1):85-86.

The Failure to Regain Consiciouseness after General Anesthesia

• Park DS
• Kim BK

Abstract

A 4 years old Korean male child was presented with delay of regaining consciousness after general anesthesia for the correction of the right hand deformity and limitation of motion. In 1961 Frederich described the failure to regain consciousness after general anesthesia. 1.Hypoxia. 2. Excess of CO2.3. Anesthetic overdose, surgical shock, hypotension. 4. Miscellaneous factors: cerebro-vascular accidents, metabolic acidosis, hypoglycemia, uremia, hemorrhage, cerebral thrombosis, electrolyte imbalance. In this case, we believed that hypoxia was responsible for this complication.

MeSH Terms

Acidosis
Anesthesia, General*
Anoxia
Cerebral Hemorrhage
Child
Child, Preschool
Consciousness
Hand Deformities
Humans
Hypoglycemia
Hypotension
Male
Shock, Surgical
Thrombosis
Uremia