Diseases

Propofol Infusion Syndrome

Rare and often fatal drug complication which affects patients undergoing long-term treatment with high doses of PROPOFOL. It is characterized by METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; cardiovascular CIRCULATORY COLLAPSE; CARDIAC FAILURE; and KIDNEY FAILURE.

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Rare and often fatal drug complication which affects patients undergoing long-term treatment with high doses of PROPOFOL. It is characterized by METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; RHABDOMYOLYSIS; cardiovascular CIRCULATORY COLLAPSE; CARDIAC FAILURE; and KIDNEY FAILURE.

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6 entry terms
  • Propofol Syndrome
  • Propofol-Related Infusion Syndrome
  • Propofol Infusion Syndromes
  • Propofol Related Infusion Syndrome
  • Propofol Syndromes
  • Propofol-Related Infusion Syndromes

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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2017

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  • Propofol (1998-2016)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Propofol Infusion Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000072736. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000072736
  2. Propofol Infusion Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propofol_infusion_syndrome
  3. Propofol Infusion Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7250346