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Carbonic anhydrase-inhibiting medications and the intracarotid amobarbital procedure in children

Carbonic anhydrase-inhibiting medications and the intracarotid amobarbital procedure in children

Authors :
Ashley N. Pettoni
Megan L. McCormick
J. Robert Flamini
Thomas G. Burns
Morris R. Cohen
Gregory P. Lee
Source :
Epilepsybehavior : EB. 15(2)
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The intracarotid amobarbital procedure (IAP) is routinely conducted as part of the presurgical evaluation of pediatric patients with epilepsy. The aim of the present study was to investigate the possibility that anesthetization failures are the result of interactions of carbonic anhydrase-inhibiting (CAI) medications with sodium amobarbital. An archival review of 81 cases conducted between 1999 and 2008 was performed across two pediatric epilepsy centers. chi(2) analysis was used to assess whether CAI medications interfered with the outcome of these procedures. Of 81 patients, 85.2% had conclusive findings. All of the remaining 14.8% with anesthetization failures were taking CAI medications at the time of the procedure. However, 53.8% of patients taking CAI medications had conclusive results. This suggests that these medications may interact with sodium amobarbital, raising the possibility of anesthetization failures in children prescribed CAI medications.

Details

ISSN :
15255069
Volume :
15
Issue :
2
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Epilepsybehavior : EB
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....90c7e627c80609622ea1857cdf006f4d