Sensitivity to diethyl-ester as a possible cause of repeated cardiac arrest.
During induction of ether anaesthesia in a five year old girl with multiple cardiac defects (ASD, VSD and PS) cardiac arrest developed repeatedly. Radical surgery was subsequently performed uneventfully under morphine anaesthesia with cardiopulmonary bypass. Ether appears to be the most likely factor accounting for the repeated arrests.
D000758:Anesthesia / Q000009:adverse effects; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004342:Drug Hypersensitivity / Q000209:etiology*; D004986:Ether / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005019:Ethyl Ethers / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000139:chemically induced*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans
D005019:Ethyl Ethers; D004986:Ether