Department of Anaesthesiology, M.V.J. Medical College and Research Hospital, Hoskote, Bengaluru
*Corresponding author: Narasimha Reddy, Professor, Department of Anaesthesiology B, # 253, 8th Cross, 22nd Main, HSR Layout, Ist Sector, Bengaluru- 560102, Karnataka, India. E-mail: bnreddy253@gmail.com, MoB: +91- 09845201541
Online published on 27 March, 2014.
Myoclonus has been defined as sudden, brief, jerks, twitching or spasm of a muscle or a group of muscles that can be generated by any area in the central nervous system. Drugs administered through intrathecal and epidural routes and sedatives like benzodiazepines and opioids intravenously can occasionally cause myoclonus. The differential diagnoses of myoclonus following IV administration of midazolam are many. Inj midazolam may be responsible for acute myoclonus in our patient. The exact mechanism is not known. Extensive studies of the cause of myoclonus with midazolam have remained an enigma.
Midazolam, Myoclonus, Spinal Anaesthesia
