title: Asystole during inadvertent high spinal anesthesia in a high risk patient without morbidity.
abstract: Sudden cardiac arrest following high spinal anesthesia (SA) in young and healthy patients with poor outcome has been reported. Extreme bradycardia, hypotension and/or asystole during SA has recently received worldwide attention. We report a high risk patient who developed cardiac arrest associated with two other episodes of extreme bradycardia, hypotension and verbal unresponsiveness during SA without adverse outcome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, King/Drew Medical Center, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California, USA. hwakou_king@dhs.co.la.ca.us
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: King
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wood
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000775:Anesthesia, Spinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D012306:Risk