RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Nonhypoxemic hazards of proionged myoclonus
JF Neurology
JO Neurology
FD Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
SP 542
OP 542
DO 10.1212/WNL.27.6.542
VO 27
IS 6
A1 J. WILLIAM LANGSTON
A1 DONALD R. RICCI
A1 CAROL PORTLOCK
YR 1977
UL http://n.neurology.org/content/27/6/542.abstract
AB Hyperkalemia, hyperthermia, and systemic hypotension developed in a patient with generalized myoclonus. These disorders reached life-threatening proportions but were rapidly and completely corrected after the patient was paralyzed with pharmacologic agents. Induced, neuromuscular blockade may be indicated when the systemic effects of pathologically contracting muscle become life-threatening.