CHOREOATHETOSIS AFTER SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE

Authors
CURLESS RG KATZ DA PERRYMAN RA FERRER PL GELBLUM J WEINER WJ
Citation
Rg. Curless et al., CHOREOATHETOSIS AFTER SURGERY FOR CONGENITAL HEART-DISEASE, The Journal of pediatrics, 124(5), 1994, pp. 737-739
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
124
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Part
1
Pages
737 - 739
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)124:5<737:CASFCH>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Choreoathetosis developed in three patients after cardiopulmonary bypa ss with hypothermia. None had significant hypotension or hypoxemia; al l had hypocapnia and respiratory alkalosis during the rewarming period . We postulate that hypocapnia-induced cerebral vasoconstriction may h ave contributed to ischemic damage in focal central nervous system are as.