Systemic local anaesthetic toxicity from continuous thoracic paravertebral block

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 260-262

  Fagenholz, P J ^a,b   Bowler, G M R ^a,b   Carnochan, F M ^a,b   Walker, W S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

anaesthetic techniques; anaesthetics local; bupivacaine; complications; death; regional; surgery; thoracic

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN PLUS BUPIVACAINE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUPIVACAINE; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; PARACETAMOL; SERUM ALBUMIN; VORICONAZOLE;

ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; AGED; AGITATION; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANESTHESIA COMPLICATION; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSCOPY; CACHEXIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS THORACIC PARAVERTEBRAL BLOCK; DELIRIUM; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; HEMATOTHORAX; HEMOPTYSIS; HUMAN; LUNG LOBECTOMY; MALE; MYCETOMA; NERVE BLOCK; NUTRITION; PARAVERTEBRAL CATHETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ASPIRATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SIDE EFFECT; THORACOTOMY; TISSUE ADHESION; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; VOMITING;

EID: 84863896296     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aes126     Document Type: Article

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