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THE EFFICACY OF LIDOCAINE IN THE STATUS EPILEPTICUS Sumio Tsukamoto 1 , Nobuo Horiike 1 , Manabu Hisanaga 2 , Shozaburo Utsumi 2 1The Div. of Neurosurgery, Nara National Hospital 2The Div. of Neurosurgery, Nara Medical University pp.363-368
Published Date 1980/4/1
DOI https://doi.org/10.11477/mf.1406204566
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Lidocaine was tried to use in order to control the status epilepticus of diverse etiology. The fundamental basis, with which we expected its anticonvulsive effect, depended on the fact that Lidocaine had the strong membrane stabilizing action at the ectopic focus of the heart, especiallyHis-Purkinje fibers. Lidocaine depresses the slope of phase 4, that is the slow diastolic depolarization of the Purkinje fibers. Supposing that the epileptogenic discharge is caused by the over-excitation of certain site of the brain, it is similar to the mechanism of the cardiac arrhythmias originating from the ventricles where the phase 4 begets too steep.

The anticonvulsive action of Lidocaine was proved to be more effective than expected. The advantages of Lidocaine as an anticonvulsive agent are, from our experiences, summarized as follows:

1) The acting is fast.

The anticonvulsive action of Lidocaine developes about 20 or 30 seconds after one-shot intravenous injection, dosing 2 or 3 mg per kg of the body weight. The lasting of action is about 20 minutes.

2) Lidocaine does not decline the level of consciousness.

The anticonvulsants mostly manifest the hypnotic action prior to suppressing the convulsion, but Lidocaine does not change the level of consciousness within the therapeutic ranges.

3) Introducing to the maintenance therapy

Lidocaine, being used one-shot intravenously, can be sustained as the maintenance therapy for about 24 hours by the bottle drip in 4 mg/kg/h.

4) Insured safety

Lidocaine as an anticonvulsive drug was safe to use. There were no side actions affecting the vital signs of the patient within the therapeutic ranges.

Seven cases of status epilepticus were satisfacto-rily managed under the administration of Lidocaine. It is concluded that Lidocaine could be recommended as the anticonvulsive agent on emergency.


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