TONICLONIC CONVULSIONS AFTER PROPOFOL ANE STHESIA IN THE DOG

The occurence of tonococlonic convulsions in a 4-year-old Rhodesian Ri dgeback bitch after propofol anaesthesia is described. In a second cas e propofol was used in a 3-year-old Bouvier des Flandres bitch to term inate excitations after surgery. After the injection of propofol the e xcitations turned into tonical convulsions. In human medicine some cas es of convulsions associated with propofol anaesthesia have recently b een reported. Interactions between propofol and other anaesthetics or analgetics are presumed. The exact mechanisms are unknown.