Published online May 27, 2016.
https://doi.org/10.17245/jkdsa.2014.14.2.95
Analysis of Complications of Ambulatory General Anesthesia after Discharge in Patients Who are Taking Anticonvulsant
Abstract
Background
About 60% of patients with epilepsy showed a variety of complications after returning home. The purpose of this study is to get further information and to help in the anesthetic management of the disable patients with epilepsy.
Methods
After searching the outpatient anesthesia list of Seoul National University Dental Hospital clinic of the disabled from September 2010 to March 2012, we found total 83 patient cases who were taking antiepileptic drugs. A nurse of anethesiology department called to the patient’s home after general anesthesia and got surveys with questionnaires form filled with complications at home. We enrolled total of 51 patients who agreed to participate this survey. And we also reviewed pre-anesthesia evaluation sheet, anesthesia record, and recovery and discharge record.
Results
11 of 51 (21.6%) patients had seizure convulsion at home within 1 weeks. 33.4% of patients who had at least once seizure attack per week had a seizure attack within 3 days. And 50% of once a month frequency patients had a seizure attack within 1 week. 33% of 1 - 3 seizure attacks per year patient group had a convulsion within 1 week. But there was no seizure attack within 1 week in whom had no seizure attack history during more than 1 year.
Conclusions
After dental treatment, patient taking anticonvulsant have so many complications-especially seizure, more than we respected. We need more research about handle these problems.
