Inadvertent intrathecal injection of tranexamic acid

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 90-92

  Kaabachi, Olfa ^a   Eddhif, Mongi ^a   Rais, Karim ^a   Zaabar, Mohamed Ali ^a  

^a Kassab National Institute of Orthopaedics   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Intrathecal; seizures; tranexamic acid; ventricular tachycardia

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BUPIVACAINE; CLONAZEPAM; ETILEFRINE; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; PHENOBARBITAL; PROPOFOL; SUXAMETHONIUM IODIDE; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGITATION; ARTERIAL GAS; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTHROSCOPIC KNEE ANTERIOR LIGAMENT RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACKACHE; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HUMAN; KNEE SURGERY; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MYOCLONUS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEIZURE; SIDE EFFECT; SPINAL ANESTHESIA;

EID: 79952943805     PISSN: 1658354X     EISSN: 09753125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1658-354X.76504     Document Type: Article

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