Cardiac arrest after epidural anesthesia for a esthetic plastic surgery: a case report

Abstract 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 bloc...

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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
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Anestesiologia
Series:Revista Brasileira de Anestesiologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-70942017000500544&lng=en&tlng=en