Abstract: Sudden, on-table cardiac arrest following spinal anaesthesia is rare but catastrophic with incidence of 6.4 per 10000 spinal anaesthetics1. There are numerous possible causes in literature. We describe a case of cardiac arrest on operation theatre table after spinal anaesthesia. It was not less than a challenge to diagnose pulmonary thromboembolism in such setting where usually we think of high spinal or total spinal anaesthesia as the cause. This case report is being presented to bring forth the importance of vigilant monitoring and prompt intervention in management of sudden cardiac arrest after spinal anaesthesia.
Keywords: Spinal Anesthesia, Cardiac Arrest, Pulmonary Thromboembolism.
Title: POST SPINAL ANESTHESIA CARDIAC ARREST: IS IT ALWAYS AN ANESTHETIC COMPLICATION? A CASE REPORT
Author: Dr Archana Ramalingam, Dr Samrin Sheik, Dr Disha Magatapalli
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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