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Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm and Cardiac Arrest Associated with Spinal Anesthesia
- Source :
- Anesthesiology. 86:244-247
- Publication Year :
- 1997
- Publisher :
- Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health), 1997.
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Abstract
- ALTHOUGH hemodynamic changes frequently occur during spinal anesthesia,' cardiac arrest during spinal anesthesia is extremely rare. 1-3 According to the closed claims analysis by Caplan et al., 4 cardiac arrest during spinal anesthesia usually resulted from hypoxemia and hypercarbia associated with unappreciated respiratory insufficiency. Cardiac arrest during spinal anesthesia also has been reported without hypoxemia or obvious respiratory depression in patients with sick sinus syndrome or due to vasovagal response. 5-8 However, there are no previous reports of cardiac arrest and ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm (RAAA) associated with spinal anesthesia. We report a case of cardiac arrest and RAAA during spinal anesthesia and discuss the pathophysiologic changes associated with cardiac arrest after spinal anesthesia in context with RAAA.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Context (language use)
Ruptured Aortic Aneurysm
Aneurysm, Ruptured
Anesthesia, Spinal
Sick sinus syndrome
Hypoxemia
Aneurysm
Internal medicine
medicine.artery
medicine
Humans
Aged
Vascular disease
business.industry
Abdominal aorta
medicine.disease
Heart Arrest
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Anesthesia
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
medicine.symptom
Complication
business
Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00033022
- Volume :
- 86
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Anesthesiology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c531a9329f170202763c05463c4bc52d