Cardiac arrest after epidural anesthesia for a esthetic plastic surgery: a case report
Cardiac arrest during neuraxial anesthesia is a serious adverse event, which may lead to significant neurological damage and death if not treated promptly. The associated mechanisms are neglected respiratory failure, extensive sympathetic block, local anaesthetic toxicity, total spinal block, in add...
Main Authors: | Larissa Cardoso Pinheiro, Bruno Mendes Carmona, Mário de Nazareth Chaves Fascio, Iris Santos de Souza, Rui Antonio Aquino de Azevedo, Fabiano Timbó Barbosa |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2017-09-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Anesthesiology |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0104001415001645 |
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