Postoperatieve spierzwakte en respiratoire insufficiëntie: Het myasthenie-syndroom van Lambert-Eaton case report

G. Jonker; J. C. Diephuis

Postoperatieve spierzwakte en respiratoire insufficiëntie: Het myasthenie-syndroom van Lambert-Eaton case report

Translated title of the contribution: Postoperative muscle weakness and respiratory failure: A patient with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome

G. Jonker^*
, J. C. Diephuis

^*Corresponding author for this work

Anesthesiology

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Abstract

At recovery from anaesthesia for mediastinoscopy, relaxation appeared still to be present in a 48-year-old male. The patient had respiratory failure and was reintubated, after antagonising with neostigmine having no effect. On the intensive care unit weaning from mechanical ventilation was unsuccessful. An electromyogram showed Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, an autoimmune disorder of the neuromuscular cleft resulting in muscle weakness. Soon after initiating treatment with 3,4-diaminopyridine the patient could be weaned successfully from the respirator.

Translated title of the contribution	Postoperative muscle weakness and respiratory failure: A patient with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Original language	Dutch
Pages (from-to)	30-33
Number of pages	4
Journal	Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Anesthesiologie
Volume	16
Issue number	2
Publication status	Published - 1 Jun 2003

Keywords

Anaesthesia
Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome
Respiratory failure

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Postoperatieve spierzwakte en respiratoire insufficiëntie: Het myasthenie-syndroom van Lambert-Eaton case report

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