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  • Title: Emotional outbursts and post-traumatic stress disorder during intracarotid amobarbital procedure.
    Author: Masia SL, Perrine K, Westbrook L, Alper K, Devinsky O.
    Journal: Neurology; 2000 Apr 25; 54(8):1691-3. PubMed ID: 10762519.
    Abstract:
    Severe emotional outbursts (SEOs) during intracarotid amobarbital procedures (IAP) rarely jeopardize preoperative language and memory testing. Four of four patients (100%) with outbursts had experienced significant emotional trauma (three were raped and one witnessed a decapitation), compared with 26 of 546 patients (4.8%) without outbursts (chi2 = 69.8, p < 0. 0001). Evocative injections were ipsilateral to seizure focus. IAP may disrupt emotional balance in some traumatized patients. Counseling may prevent SEOs.
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