Acute Pulmonary Edema Associated With Propofol: An Unusual Complication

Waheed, Mian Adnan; Oud, Lavi

doi:10.5811/westjem.2014.7.22942

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“…The patient was then intubated. Another reported side-effect related to propofol is pulmonary edema (6). Pulmonary edema was not detected in our patient.…”

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confidence: 44%

Thiopenthal for Propofol Related Extrapyramidal Movements: Case Report

Demirkıran¹,

Dalkılınç²,

Yardimci³

et al. 2018

Eastern J Med

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Many drugs are used in outpatient anesthesia procedures. One of them, propofol, is used frequently because of its advantages like fast effect and short duration. Involuntary tonic-clonic movements similar to epilepsy are rarely seen when using propofol. A 41-year old male patient weighing 80 kg and admitted with acute appendicitis presented hemiballismuslike severe extrapyramidal movements in all his extremities when propofol was administered. In this article, we discuss how we treated these undesired propofol side effects.

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“…The patient was then intubated. Another reported side-effect related to propofol is pulmonary edema (6). Pulmonary edema was not detected in our patient.…”

Section: Discussioncontrasting

confidence: 44%

Thiopenthal for Propofol Related Extrapyramidal Movements: Case Report

Demirkıran¹,

Dalkılınç²,

Yardimci³

et al. 2018

Eastern J Med

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“…It contains soybean oil, egg phospholipid, and glycerol [1,2]. Propofol was approved by the Bulgarian Drug Agency in 2006 and has been used for almost 10 years by anesthesiologists in the country.…”

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Rare Side Effects of Propofol Administration—Case Report and a Brief Literature Review

Ismail¹,

Dimitrov²,

Mitsova³

et al. 2017

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Introduction: Propofol is an intravenous general anesthetic and sedation drug for use in the induction and maintenance of anesthesia or sedation. It is included in WHO Model List of Essential medicines and approved by the FDA (food and drug administration) in 1989. The side effects of Propofol have been studied widely in the last 25 years. They can be easily managed and that is why Propofol has become a first choice drug for the most of the anesthesiologists worldwide. This paper presents a case report of Propofol induced pulmonary edema and also a review of some of the rarest and unusual manifestations of Propofol side effects. Some of them are urine discoloration, tissue necrosis, rhabdomyolysis and postoperative pancreatitis. Methods and materials: A case summary of 18-years old woman with unusual postoperative pulmonary reaction was considered along with other documented cases. Several full-text articles were briefly analyzed for estimating the role of Propofol for a number of strange and potentially life threatening conditions. Results: Despite the low incidence rate, the presented case could be determined as a pulmonary edema due to its clinical features. Furthermore, rare drug reactions such as rhabdomyolysis, tissue necrosis, postoperative pancreatitis etc. may remain unrecognized and create diagnostic and therapeutic issues. Conclusions: Although the officially reported dangerous reaction, Propofol remains one of the best hypnotic and sedative agents. The better knowledge of the full list of drug reactions considered as rare and very rare is a guarantee of an adequate and a better therapeutic behavior.

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