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    1) Seizures have been reported with the use of volatile anesthetics like sevoflurane. When anesthesiologists observe such seizures, they may feel surprised rather than familiar with the event. 2) This feeling of unfamiliarity with an event that has occurred before is called "jamais vu", the opposite of déjà vu. In jamais vu, past memories are disconnected from present perceptions. 3) Ironically, jamais vu itself can be a symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy, the type of epilepsy most commonly associated with seizures during anesthesia. Anesthesiologists experiencing jamais vu may be unprepared to treat the seizures they observe.

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    1) Seizures have been reported with the use of volatile anesthetics like sevoflurane. When anesthesiologists observe such seizures, they may feel surprised rather than familiar with the event. 2) This feeling of unfamiliarity with an event that has occurred before is called "jamais vu", the opposite of déjà vu. In jamais vu, past memories are disconnected from present perceptions. 3) Ironically, jamais vu itself can be a symptom of temporal lobe epilepsy, the type of epilepsy most commonly associated with seizures during anesthesia. Anesthesiologists experiencing jamais vu may be unprepared to treat the seizures they observe.

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    Letters To The Editor: Seizures With Volatile Anaesthetics: Ironically Jamais Vu'? References

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    Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2005; 50: 395 # 2005 The Authors

    Printed in UK. All rights reserved Journal compilation # 2006 Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
    ACTA ANAESTHESIOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

    Letters to the Editor


    Seizures with volatile anaesthetics: References
    ironically ‘jamais vu’? 1. Kuczkowski KM. Sevoflurane and seizures: déjà vu. Acta
    Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48: 1216.
    doi: 10.1111/j.1399-6576.2005.00798.x 2. Hsieh SW, Lan KM, Luk HN, Jawan B. Postoperative seizures
    after Sevoflurane anesthesia in a neonate. Acta Anaesthesiol
    Sir, Scand 2004; 48: 663.
    Anaesthetists who use volatile agents should be aware that 3. Akeson J, Didriksson I. Convulsions on anaesthetic induction with
    reports of seizures caused by them (especially sevoflurane) exist Sevoflurane in young children. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2004; 48: 405.
    (1—5). We have also reported these adverse events occurring with 4. Vakkuri A, Yli-Hankala A, Särkelä M, Lindgren L. Sevoflurane
    halothane (6). How does the anaesthetist observing such a seizure mask induction of anaesthesia is associated with epileptiform
    feel? He or she is often surprised; taken aback by its novelty. Isn’t EEG in children. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 2001; 45: 805.
    this ‘jamais vu’ rather than ‘déjà vu’ (1)? In ‘jamais vu’, instead of 5. Terasako K, Ishii S. Postoperative seizure-like activity following
    feeling extra familiar, events seem totally unfamiliar. When a Sevoflurane anesthesia. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1996; 40: 953—4.
    patient under such anaesthesia has seizures, we anaesthetists 6. Eipe N. Is Halothane epileptogenic? Acta Anaesthesiol Scand
    2005; 49: 881.
    may feel ‘unfamiliar’ with what we see. We are, at that moment,
    unable to recollect that seizures have been reported with volatile
    anaesthetics and are probably ill prepared to treat them. ‘Jamais Address:
    Naveen Eipe, MD
    vu’ is contrary to ‘déjà vu’ and this irrational feeling is due to
    Padhar Hospital
    disconnection of present perceptions from the memory. Ironically, Padhar
    ‘jamais vu’ itself is considered a symptom of temporal lobe Betul DT
    epilepsy! Madhya Pradesh — 460005
    India
    N. Eipe e-mail: neipe@yahoo.com

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