Korean J Anesthesiol.  1994 Jun;27(6):643-648. 10.4097/kjae.1994.27.6.643.

A Case Report of Cerebral Infarction Following General Anesthesia

• Lim SA
• Cho KC
• Park CK

• KMID: 2298874
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1994.27.6.643

Abstract

We experienced a case of aeute cerebral infaretion after operation. A 74 year old female patient slipped down and received left femoral neck fracture. Preoperatively, orthopedist, internist and anesthesiologist visited and evaluated her but could not find any suspicious symptoms related to cerebral infarction. She have suffered from hypertension and diabetes mellitus for 1Q yrs. She underwent bipolar endoprosthesis under general anesthesia. Postoperatively, she became deep drowsy and revealed respiratory depression, abnormal neurological sign and was diagnosed as acute cerebral infartion on cranial computed tomography and ultimately expired.

Keyword

Cerebral infarction; Neutrological sign; Inverse steal

MeSH Terms

Aged
Anesthesia, General*
Cerebral Infarction*
Diabetes Mellitus
Female
Femoral Neck Fractures
Humans
Hypertension
Respiratory Insufficiency