Cardiac Arrest after Local Anaesthetic Toxicity in a Paediatric Patient

We report a case of a paediatric patient undergoing urological procedure in which a possible inadvertent intravascular or intraosseous injection of bupivacaine with adrenaline in usual doses caused subsequent cardiac arrest, completely reversed after administration of 20% intravenous lipid emulsion....

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Main Authors: Liana Maria Torres de Araújo Azi, Diego Grimaldi Figueroa, Ana Amélia Souza Simas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Anesthesiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/7826280