Successful resuscitation of a patient who developed cardiac arrest from pulsed saline bacitracin lavage during thoracic laminectomy and fusion

Journal of Clinical Anesthesia

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 294-296

  Greenberg, Steven B ^a,b,c   Deshur, Mark ^a,b,c   Khavkin, Yevgeniy ^a,b,c   Karaikovic, Elden ^a,b,c   Vender, Jeffery ^a,b,c  

^a EVANSTON HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air embolism; Anaphylaxis; Bacitracin; Irrigation; Venous

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; FENTANYL; ISOFLURANE; PROPOFOL; ROCURONIUM;

ADULT; AIR EMBOLISM; ANAPHYLAXIS; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FALLING; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LAMINECTOMY; LAVAGE; LIMB WEAKNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SPINE FRACTURE; SPINE FUSION;

ANAPHYLAXIS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACITRACIN; BRONCHOALVEOLAR LAVAGE; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LAMINECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPINAL FRACTURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249102413     PISSN: 09528180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinane.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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