Journal article
Rocuronium-Induced Dilated Nonreactive Pupils in a Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Report
A&A practice, Vol.15(7), 01491
07/01/2021
DOI: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001491
PMCID: PMC8330622
PMID: 34166250
Abstract
We report the clinical case of a patient with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) who had recently undergone neurosurgery and presented with dilated nonreactive pupils during continuous rocuronium infusion, which was reversible with the suspension of the drug. Both the neurosurgical procedure and possible disruption of the blood-brain barrier due to COVID-19 infection may have led to the action of rocuronium in the central nervous system (CNS). Thus, clinicians must remember that neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) can cause dilated nonreactive pupils in patients with COVID-19.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Rocuronium-Induced Dilated Nonreactive Pupils in a Patient With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Case Report
- Creators
- Elba da Paixao Rodrigues - Hosp Gloria D'or, Intens Care Unit, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilGustavo Canine da Costa - Hosp Gloria D'or, Intens Care Unit, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilDouglas Quintanilha Braga - Universidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroJorge Eduardo da Silva Soares Pinto - Hosp Gloria D'or, Intens Care Unit, Rio De Janeiro, BrazilMarcos Adriano Lessa - University of Iowa, Anesthesia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- A&A practice, Vol.15(7), 01491
- Publisher
- Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
- DOI
- 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001491
- PMID
- 34166250
- PMCID
- PMC8330622
- ISSN
- 2575-3126
- eISSN
- 2575-3126
- Number of pages
- 3
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9984656539302771
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