| Death potentially secondary to sub-Tenon's block. | |
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MedLine Citation:
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PMID: 17223811 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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An 82-year-old ASA 2 patient underwent routine sub-Tenon's block for cataract surgery. One minute after injection of the local anaesthetic, the patient had a generalised tonic-clonic seizure and developed refractory ventricular fibrillation; subsequent resuscitation was unsuccessful. With no evidence for intravascular injection, the lack of structural brain abnormalities, and the most striking feature on post mortem examination being severe triple vessel coronary artery disease, it was concluded that this was primarily cardiac in origin; however, the possibility of brainstem anaesthesia should also be considered. |
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Authors:
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C L Quantock; T Goswami |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Anaesthesia Volume: 62 ISSN: 0003-2409 ISO Abbreviation: Anaesthesia Publication Date: 2007 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-01-16 Completed Date: 2007-02-27 Revised Date: 2007-09-10 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370524 Medline TA: Anaesthesia Country: England |
Other Details:
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Languages: eng Pagination: 175-7 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Eastbourne District General Hospital, Eastbourne, UK. drchrisq@yahoo.co.uk |
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| MeSH Terms | |
Descriptor/Qualifier:
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Aged, 80 and over Anesthesia, Local / adverse effects* Anesthetics, Local / adverse effects Cataract Extraction* Fatal Outcome Female Heart Arrest / chemically induced* Humans Intraoperative Complications* Seizures / chemically induced Ventricular Fibrillation / chemically induced |
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Reg. No./Substance:
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0/Anesthetics, Local |
| Comments/Corrections | |
Comment In:
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Anaesthesia. 2007 May;62(5):531
[PMID:
17448075
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Anaesthesia. 2007 Aug;62(8):856-7 [PMID: 17635450 ] |
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