A Rare Case of Lance-Adams Syndrome: Status Post-Successful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS), also known as chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus (PHM), is a rare condition that may present with intention myoclonus in a patient who has regained consciousness after cardiorespiratory arrest. This case report describes a patient who received successful cardiopulmonary resus...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Ali, Alqaisi, Sura, Helfman, Beth
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9840882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36654619
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32604
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description Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS), also known as chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus (PHM), is a rare condition that may present with intention myoclonus in a patient who has regained consciousness after cardiorespiratory arrest. This case report describes a patient who received successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after going into cardiac arrest. And regaining consciousness, the patient developed myoclonic jerks diagnosed as LAS. The patient responded well to treatment with clonazepam and physical rehabilitation.
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spelling pubmed-98408822023-01-17 A Rare Case of Lance-Adams Syndrome: Status Post-Successful Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Rahman, Ali Alqaisi, Sura Helfman, Beth Cureus Cardiology Lance-Adams syndrome (LAS), also known as chronic post-hypoxic myoclonus (PHM), is a rare condition that may present with intention myoclonus in a patient who has regained consciousness after cardiorespiratory arrest. This case report describes a patient who received successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) after going into cardiac arrest. And regaining consciousness, the patient developed myoclonic jerks diagnosed as LAS. The patient responded well to treatment with clonazepam and physical rehabilitation. Cureus 2022-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC9840882/ /pubmed/36654619 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32604 Text en Copyright © 2022, Rahman et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9840882/
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http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.32604
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