REDUCING THE POTENTIAL MORBIDITY OF AN UNINTENTIONAL SPINAL ANESTHETIC BY ASPIRATING CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID

Authors
SOUTHORN P VASDEV GMS CHANTIGIAN RC LAWSON GM
Citation
P. Southorn et al., REDUCING THE POTENTIAL MORBIDITY OF AN UNINTENTIONAL SPINAL ANESTHETIC BY ASPIRATING CEREBROSPINAL-FLUID, British Journal of Anaesthesia, 76(3), 1996, pp. 467-469
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
British Journal of Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00070912
Volume
76
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
467 - 469
Database
ISI
SICI code
0007-0912(1996)76:3<467:RTPMOA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We describe two cases where we attempted to reduce the adverse effects of inadvertent spinal anaesthesia by aspirating local anaesthetic-con taminated cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Analysis of this CSF for its loca l anaesthetic concentration revealed that we were able to recover 51% and 39% of the administered lignocaine. It is suggested that such aspi ration may be a helpful additional measure to the supportive managemen t of this complication.