Cardiac Arrest after Injection of Ropivacaine for Posterior Lumbar Plexus Blockade

Anesthesiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1451-1453

  Huet, Olivier ^a   Eyrolle, Luc J ^a   Mazoit, Jean X ^b   Ozier, Yves M ^a  

^a COCHIN Universitary Hospital ^*  (France)

^b BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ADRENALIN; DIAZEPAM; FLURBIPROFEN; HYDROXYZINE; LIDOCAINE; METOPROLOL; OXYGEN; PERINDOPRIL; ROPIVACAINE; SIMVASTATIN; SUFENTANIL;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANESTHESIST; ARTICLE; ASYSTOLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BOLUS INJECTION; BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FACE MASK; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAND MAL EPILEPSY; HEART ARREST; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NEEDLE; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE OXIMETRY; RESUSCITATION; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ROOT;

AGED; AMIDES; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; LUMBOSACRAL PLEXUS; MALE; NERVE BLOCK;

EID: 0344512374     PISSN: 00033022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000542-200312000-00031     Document Type: Article

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