{"title":"Carbapenem induced convulsions in the critically ill – A case series.","authors":"C. Goonasekera, G. Manchanayake","doi":"10.4038/SLJCC.V2I1.2265","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Carbapenem induced convulsions are said to be commoner amongst critically ill patients. During a 1½ year study period we observed 4 of 15 patients receiving meropenem and 3 of 7 patients receiving imipenenm develop convulsions in an intensive care unit. The withdrawal of the offending drug rapidly resolved the problem in all but one. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljcc.v2i1.2265 Sri Lanka Journal of Critical Care Vol.2(1) 2011 13-15","PeriodicalId":184615,"journal":{"name":"Sri Lanka Journal of Critical Care","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Sri Lanka Journal of Critical Care","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.4038/SLJCC.V2I1.2265","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Carbapenem induced convulsions are said to be commoner amongst critically ill patients. During a 1½ year study period we observed 4 of 15 patients receiving meropenem and 3 of 7 patients receiving imipenenm develop convulsions in an intensive care unit. The withdrawal of the offending drug rapidly resolved the problem in all but one. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljcc.v2i1.2265 Sri Lanka Journal of Critical Care Vol.2(1) 2011 13-15