The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy

The usual drug used in the Wada test is amobarbital, but it is not available in Brazil. Propofol was already used by Bazin et al. in 1998, and in their report the test resulted good in the absence of any adverse effect. We report the use of propofol as the anesthetic for the Wada test. The test was...

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Main Authors: TICYANA M. SILVA, OTTO J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES, MARISTELA L. BUENO, OLGA J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES, ALEXANDRE M. VARELA, SILVIO MACHADO
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2000-06-01
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description The usual drug used in the Wada test is amobarbital, but it is not available in Brazil. Propofol was already used by Bazin et al. in 1998, and in their report the test resulted good in the absence of any adverse effect. We report the use of propofol as the anesthetic for the Wada test. The test was carried out in a 26 years old woman with temporal medial lobe epilepsy refractory to medical treatment. Language functions and memory were tested after injection in both hemispheres by three procedures (Seattle, Montreal and Interview procedures). Propofol showed to be good to carry on the Wada test.
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spelling doaj-art-6f7dfb8ce0f247d382d56074d9cbf0002025-08-20T03:19:03ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272000-06-01582A34835010.1590/S0004-282X2000000200024The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsyTICYANA M. SILVA0OTTO J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES1MARISTELA L. BUENO2OLGA J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES3ALEXANDRE M. VARELA4SILVIO MACHADO5Pontifical Catholic UniversityPontifical Catholic UniversityPontifical Catholic UniversityPontifical Catholic UniversityPontifical Catholic UniversityPontifical Catholic UniversityThe usual drug used in the Wada test is amobarbital, but it is not available in Brazil. Propofol was already used by Bazin et al. in 1998, and in their report the test resulted good in the absence of any adverse effect. We report the use of propofol as the anesthetic for the Wada test. The test was carried out in a 26 years old woman with temporal medial lobe epilepsy refractory to medical treatment. Language functions and memory were tested after injection in both hemispheres by three procedures (Seattle, Montreal and Interview procedures). Propofol showed to be good to carry on the Wada test.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000200024&tlng=enWada testepilepsypropofoltemporal lobe epilepsy
spellingShingle TICYANA M. SILVA
OTTO J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES
MARISTELA L. BUENO
OLGA J. HERNÁNDEZ-FUSTES
ALEXANDRE M. VARELA
SILVIO MACHADO
The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Wada test
epilepsy
propofol
temporal lobe epilepsy
title The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
title_full The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
title_fullStr The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
title_full_unstemmed The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
title_short The Wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
title_sort wada test with propofol in a patient with epilepsy
topic Wada test
epilepsy
propofol
temporal lobe epilepsy
url http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2000000200024&tlng=en
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