Refractory hypotension due to intraoperative hypothermia during spinal instrumentation

We report a case of inadvertent hypothermia leading to severe hypotension resistant to high dose vasopressors, which responded to temperature correction in a patient undergoing spinal instrumentation surgery. A 60-year-old female developed severe hypotension during spinal instrumentation surgery. Af...

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Main Authors: Ponniah Vanamoorthy, Mihir P Pandia, Parmod K Bithal, Sebastian S Valiaveedan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2010;volume=54;issue=1;spage=56;epage=58;aulast=Vanamoorthy