Unexpected bronchospasm during spinal anesthesia.

Autor: McGough EK; Department of Anesthesiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville., Cohen JA
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of clinical anesthesia [J Clin Anesth] 1990 Jan-Feb; Vol. 2 (1), pp. 35-6.
DOI: 10.1016/0952-8180(90)90047-7
Abstrakt: Asthma and bronchospastic disease are common in patients presenting for anesthesia. Intraoperative bronchospasm can be a life-threatening problem. One approach to these patients is to use regional anesthesia because it is believed that this will reduce the complication rate. Presented here is a case of bronchospasm occurring during regional anesthesia that was unresponsive to beta agonists. The use of atropine in the treatment of bronchospasm also is discussed.
Databáze: MEDLINE