Continuous spinal anesthesia application in a patient with high cardiac risk

Küçük Resim Yok

Tarih

2007

Dergi Başlığı

Dergi ISSN

Cilt Başlığı

Yayıncı

Ekin Tibbi Yayincilik Ltd Sti-Ekin Medical Publ

Erişim Hakkı

info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

Regional techniques are preferred to general anesthesia in lower-extremity surgery. Especially in elderly patients with high cardiac risk, the main objective is to supply sufficient anesthesia preserving hemodynamic stability. A 63-year-old female patient in whom emergency right leg amputation above the knee was planned, was treated for myocardial infarction without ST elevation 6 days ago. She had type 2 diabetes mellitus for 15 years, and hypertension for 10 years. She underwent a coronary bypass operation for two vessels and mitral annuloplasty two years ago and right leg amputation below the knee two months ago. An intrathecal cathater was placed at the right lateral position from L3-4 intervertebral space through the cathater by the needle technique. After cerebrospinal fluid flow was observed, we administered 2,5 mg 0.5% bupivacaine. Anesthesia was maintained by performing 2.5 mg of bupivacain every five minutes at a total dose of 7.5 mg until adequate sensory block was reached. The patient was given a supine positione after the sensory block reached T-10 level. The patient was hemodynamically stable during-the-operation and did not require additional drug from the catheter. The patient was sent to the ward after removing spinal cathater at the end of a one hour operation. In conclusion, especially in old patients with high cardiac risk, we think that continuous spinal anesthesia should be the method of choice for anesthesia in lower-extremity surgery.

Açıklama

13th Congress of the Cardiovascular-Anesthesiology-and-Critical-Care-Society -- APR 20-23, 2006 -- Bolu, TURKEY

Anahtar Kelimeler

Anesthesia, Continuous Spinal Anesthesia, High Cardiac Risk

Kaynak

Trakya Universitesi Tip Fakultesi Dergisi

WoS Q Değeri

N/A

Scopus Q Değeri

Cilt

24

Sayı

2

Künye