title: Intraoperative hypotension due to unrecognized bleeding from a continuous spinal catheter site.
abstract: We recently cared for a patient who had a rare complication from a continuous spinal catheter: extensive bleeding around the catheter insertion site. This complication went unrecognized intraoperatively because the bleeding was hidden from view. The possible etiologies for this bleeding are discussed, as well as methods to recognize this complication before significant bleeding occurs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: N R
authors.initials: NR
authors.lastname: Connelly
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation*; D016063:Blood Loss, Surgical; D002404:Catheterization / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000209:etiology