British Journal of Anaesthesia, 1988, Vol. 60, No. 6 733-735
© 1988 The Board of Management and Trustees of the British Journal of Anaesthesia
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GRAND MAL SEIZURE AFTER EXTRADURAL MORPHINE ANALGESIA
(Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation); (Division of Clinical Pharmacology); Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, CH 1011, Lausanne CHUV, Switzerland.
Following an elective Caesarean section under extradural anaesthesia, a 30-yr-old known epileptic woman (gravida 4, para 3) developed a tonicclonic seizure, 6 h after the administration of morphine 3 mg into the extradural space. Possible aetiological factors are discussed.